Review: Disappointing.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2013
I have researched the topic of food, weight, addictive substances, etc., in our society quite extensively.  I decided to download this since it was free from Amazon and see if there was anything new in it that I have not already read or researched.  There wasn't. If you must read it, I would take the sections with a grain of salt that cover sugar causing weight gain and where sugar causes disease in the human body.  Since this is about sugar addiction, I understand where the author is coming from as an addict does not ingest sugar in small amounts, however, I cannot say that I agree with the author regarding the fact that once sugar is eliminated from your system, you will not miss it or want or crave it.  I went 3 years without sugar and there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't crave it.  And since it is in so many foods and beverages I decided it was more important to learn how to live with it in normal doses and not completely remove it from my life.  But, food addictions are much different than other addictions like drugs, gambling, or alcohol - because we need food to survive and some sugar (especially in it's unrefined forms) is good for us. I would look for a different book on this topic, one that gives you every side of the story as there is nothing like being informed before you do something that could be life changing.