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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CASE FOR KETOThe shocking truth about sugar: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick indeed.'Gary Taubes is the best writer on nutrition science in the world. Anyone seeking to understand the role of sugar in our diets should read this book' Ian Leslie, author of Curious Obesity and diabetes are worldwide epidemics. Evidence increasingly shows that these illnesses are linked to the other major Western diseases: hypertension, heart disease, even Alzheimer's and cancer, and that shockingly, sugar is likely the single root cause. Yet the nutritional advice we receive from public health bodies is dangerously out of date.With expert science and compelling storytelling, Gary Taubes investigates the history of nutritional science which, shaped by a handful of charismatic and misguided individuals, has for a hundred years denied the true impact of sugar on our health. He exposes the powerful influence of the food industry and delves into the science of sugar, and finds that its addictive pleasures are resulting in worldwide consumption as never experienced before, to devastating effect. The Case Against Sugar is a revelatory read which will fundamentally change the way we eat. 'Hard-hitting and important... you will find yourself looking at the packet of golden caster in your cupboard and the elderflower cordial in your fridge with new suspicion' Sunday Times

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Those who feel doomed to be fat would be well advised to digest every word of Taubes's cogently argued, agenda-shifting book. It could be a life-changer for some' Book of the Week, ObserverA revelatory expose of the bad science behind conventional weight loss advice, arguing for low-carb high-fat diets, from the bestselling author of The Case Against Sugar. While government and nutritional organisations spout the failed mantra of calorie reduction, doctors treating diabetes and obesity are experiencing extraordinary results among patients cutting out carbs. This diet has the essential benefit of allowing you to lose weight without ever feeling hungry. World authority Gary Taubes analyses the bad science behind our nutritional dogma. He shows that weight gain is driven by genetic, hormonal factors - and not overeating or 'gluttony' as is commonly the underlying suggestion - citing compelling evidence that people with the propensity to fatten easily can be helped best by a low carbohydrate high fat diet. This groundbreaking read offers hope to anyone wishing to prevent or reverse diabetes or obesity - as well as anyone wanting to eat more healthily - and will fundamentally change our habits around food forever. 'Gary Taubes deserves a national science medal for helping to raise the critical question of why the food we eat is killing us ... offers new hope to people suffering from obesity.' Kevin Schulman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Over 400 million people around the world have been diagnosed with diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated through diet, from eating purely meat to the reliance on fats, and repeated fasting. After two centuries of conflicting medical advice, most authorities today believe that those with diabetes can have the same dietary freedom enjoyed by the rest of us, including the occasional ice-cream, leaving the job of controlling the disease to insulin therapy. However, this guiding principle has been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years, and the expectation that sufferers' health will deteriorate steadily over time.In this ground-breaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes explores the history of the treatment of diabetes, elucidating the way that badly conceived research influences the guidance that doctors offer today, at the expense of patients' long-term well-being. Passionately argued and deeply researched, Rethinking Diabetes reimagines diabetes care with diet at its centre, and is hugely persuasive in its questioning of the established wisdom that may have enabled the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity.

Over 400 million people around the world have been diagnosed with diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated through diet, from eating purely meat to the reliance on fats, and repeated fasting. After two centuries of conflicting medical advice, most authorities today believe that those with diabetes can have the same dietary freedom enjoyed by the rest of us, including the occasional ice-cream, leaving the job of controlling the disease to insulin therapy. However, this guiding principle has been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years, and the expectation that sufferers' health will deteriorate steadily over time.In this ground-breaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes explores the history of the treatment of diabetes, elucidating the way that badly conceived research influences the guidance that doctors offer today, at the expense of patients' long-term well-being. Passionately argued and deeply researched, Rethinking Diabetes reimagines diabetes care with diet at its centre, and is hugely persuasive in its questioning of the established wisdom that may have enabled the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity.

Att socker i någon mån är skadligt för vår hälsa, har vi insett en ­längre tid. Däremot har vi ännu inte insett hur enormt omfattande sockrets ­skadliga effekter är. Socker frikänns fortfarande i många sammanhang, i allt för hög grad. Gary Taubes ställer därför socker inför rätta. BROTTET består av att ha orsakat en rad epidemier av allvarliga och ofta dödliga sjukdomar, som diabetes, hjärtsjukdo­mar, cancer, stroke och Alzheimer. Enligt vissa forskare har socker tagit livet av fler människor i förtid än vad cigaretter och alla krig gjort tillsammans. DEN HUVUDMISSTÄNKTE, socker, är en blandning av ungefär lika delar fruktos och glukos, som återfinns i sackaros (strösocker) och ­fruk­tosrik majssirap, ingredienser som är vida spridda i vår kost, inte bara i uppenbart söta livsmedel som godis och läsk. ANKLAGELSEAKTEN, boken Bevisen mot socker, presenterar det vetenskapliga underlag som krävs för en fällande dom i målet. ÅKLAGAREN, Gary Taubes, har tre ­gång­er tilldelats USA:s förnämsta pris för vetenskapsjournalistik, ­Science in Society Journalism Award. Om våra samhällen väljer att "gå på åklagarens linje", blir den ­logiska följden att vår sockerkonsumtion drastiskt måste skäras ned och att socker måste definieras som en giftig substans. OM FÖRFATTAREN Gary Taubes är vetenskapsjournalist. Han har tidigare utgivit böckerna Varför blir vi feta? (2011) och Good Calories, Bad Calories (2008). Gary Taubes är medgrundare av och vetenskaplig rådgivare åt Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org) och skriver för tidningar som Discover och Science. Hans texter har även publicerats i New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic och Esquire samt i antologin The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). Gary Taubes har tre gånger tilldelats priset Science in Society Journalism Award av National Association of Science Writers. OM BOKEN "En bok som verkligen inte sockrar budskapet. En oerhört välresearchad anklagelseakt." New York Times "Ett mäktigt vapen mot framtida desinfor­mation." Wall Street Journal "Ingen journalist har haft större inflytande på vår diskussion om nutrition än Gary Taubes." Michael Pollan UTDRAG UR BOKEN Konsekvenserna av brotten som sockret misstänks för går långt bortom diabetes. Överviktiga och diabetiker har större risk att utveckla fett­lever och har också ofta högt blodtryck samt högre risk för hjärtsjukdomar, cancer och ­stroke, liksom för demens och kanske även Alzheimers sjuk­dom. Dessa så kallade västerländska välfärdssjuk­­do­mar ansamlas ofta i kluster, både i befolkningar och hos enskilda patienter. Alla de här sjukdomarna har nu kopplats till ett tillstånd som kal­las insulinresistens, den grundläggande defekten vid typ 2-diabetes och kanske även fetma. Således finns det en tänkbar risk, att det som orsakar en av de här sjukdomarna, är orsaken till alla. Om socker och fruktosrik majssirap är orsaken till fetma, diabetes och insulinresistens, utgör de också den mest sannolika kostfaktorn som utlöser de andra sjukdomarna. Om dessa sockerarter inte fanns i kosten skulle klustret av relaterade sjukdomar vara långt mindre vanligt än det är i dag. Detsamma gäller andra tillstånd som förknippas med sjuk­domarna, däribland polycystiskt ovariesyndrom (PCOS), reumatoid artrit, gikt, åderbråck, astma och inflammatorisk tarmsjukdom.