Sugar Free
8 Weeks to Freedom from Sugar and Carb Addiction
Published on 16. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4721-3697-8 (ISBN)
Description
Are you a sugar addict? Do you crave sweet treats, bread, pasta and sauce-laden food? Do you experience lethargy and mood swings as a result of blood glucose spikes and dips? Does your weight seesaw unmanageably?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, your health is at risk. Where fat used to be the enemy, scientists now point to the huge amount of sugar we consume as making us unhealthy.
Sugar Free is packed with recent scientific research and nutritional advice to help you understand addiction to sugar and carbohydrates, including a chapter by Dr Nicole Avena, research neuroscientist, author and expert in nutrition, diet and addiction. It provides eight weeks of meal plans, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, by nutritionist Emily Macguire, and includes journal exercises to help you break free from the mental, physical and emotional traps of old eating patterns.
Sugar Free shows the way to a sustainable sugar-free lifestyle. Its simple and effective eight-week programme to quit sugar will enable you and your family to enjoy dramatically improved health, increased energy levels and weight loss.
Author Karen Thomson is living in recovery from addiction to sugar and carbohydrates so has been there and understands exactly what you need to know to break the cycle of addiction and find your way to radically improved health.
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, your health is at risk. Where fat used to be the enemy, scientists now point to the huge amount of sugar we consume as making us unhealthy.
Sugar Free is packed with recent scientific research and nutritional advice to help you understand addiction to sugar and carbohydrates, including a chapter by Dr Nicole Avena, research neuroscientist, author and expert in nutrition, diet and addiction. It provides eight weeks of meal plans, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, by nutritionist Emily Macguire, and includes journal exercises to help you break free from the mental, physical and emotional traps of old eating patterns.
Sugar Free shows the way to a sustainable sugar-free lifestyle. Its simple and effective eight-week programme to quit sugar will enable you and your family to enjoy dramatically improved health, increased energy levels and weight loss.
Author Karen Thomson is living in recovery from addiction to sugar and carbohydrates so has been there and understands exactly what you need to know to break the cycle of addiction and find your way to radically improved health.
Reviews / Votes
A fascinating new book ... a revolutionary approach -- Louise Atkinson * Daily Mail * If you follow the advice, you will change your eating habits for ever and lose weight. What's more, you will never want to binge on sugar again * Daily Express * This book is a testament to a sugar-free enjoyment of food, life, health and happiness -- Dr Aseem MalhotraMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4721-3697-8 (9781472136978)
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Person
Karen Thomson is the founder of the Harmony Eating & Lifestyle Program (HELP, helpdiet.co.za), the world's first in-patient programme treating carbohydrate and sugar as an addiction. She started the programme with Professor Tim Noakes, dietician Rael Koping and the Harmony Addictions Clinic. She also has an online programme called The Sugar Free Revolution.