Sugarless: A 7-Step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars, Curb Your Cravings, and Conquer Your Addiction
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- Author：Nicole Avena
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Summary
Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive—even more so than cocaine， nicotine， and alcohol。 The problem isn’t just dessert， but the fact that sugar is everywhere。 Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar， so it’s unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets。 In Sugarless ， Dr。 Nicole Avena—a pioneering neuroscientist on food addiction—spells out the substance’s detrimental effects on the brain and body。 She empowers readers with an easy 7-step program to help them find the hidden sugars in their foods， control their sweet tooth， and break the vicious diet cycle for good。 Sugarless also includes 30 sugar-free recipes。
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Joan
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Very interesting readIf you’re interested in understanding your present day diet， than this is a good text to start with。
Trina
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I would like to reduce my sugar intake， but I wasn't impressed by this book。 It didn't feel new and it was quite repetitive。 I would like to reduce my sugar intake， but I wasn't impressed by this book。 It didn't feel new and it was quite repetitive。 。。。more
Natalie Park
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3。5 stars。 Good information and recipes but I didn’t find anything new compared to other recent health/science related books。
January
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Sugarless a 7-step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars， Curb Your Cravings， and Conquer Your Addiction by Nicole M。 Avena， PhD Forward by Daniel Amen， MD5h 45m read by Kim Ramirez， 336 pagesGenre: Nonfiction， Health & Fitness， Diet & Nutrition， Self-Help， Substance Abuse & AddictionsFeaturing: Bonus Material Online Audiobook， Disclaimer， Graphics， Sugar-Free Diet， Physiological Effects of Sugar， Compulsive Eating， Reducing Diets， Depression and Anxiety， Sugar Addiction， Recipes， Snackwells， Hedonic Cr Sugarless a 7-step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars， Curb Your Cravings， and Conquer Your Addiction by Nicole M。 Avena， PhD Forward by Daniel Amen， MD5h 45m read by Kim Ramirez， 336 pagesGenre: Nonfiction， Health & Fitness， Diet & Nutrition， Self-Help， Substance Abuse & AddictionsFeaturing: Bonus Material Online Audiobook， Disclaimer， Graphics， Sugar-Free Diet， Physiological Effects of Sugar， Compulsive Eating， Reducing Diets， Depression and Anxiety， Sugar Addiction， Recipes， Snackwells， Hedonic Cravings， Evolution of Food， Food Porn， How Sugar Causes You To Overeat and Harms Your Health， Sugar Is Hiding In Plain Sight， Sugar Is Addictive， Breaking Your Dependence On Sugar， Handling The Hurdles: Triggers， Withdrawals， and Cravings; How to Manage the Threes ’S: Stressors， Setbacks， and Social Pressures; Conclusion: Sugar-Less For Life; Appendix:30 Sugar-Less Recipes， Different Names For Added Sugars， Worksheets， Are You Addicted to Sugar？; References， Acknowledgments Rating as a movie: PGQuotes: "This isn’t a diet book。 The last thing anyone needs is another diet book。 This book is different because it’s a science and psychology book。"My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½🚫🍬My thoughts: 📱87% 5:00:54 Ch。 6 - I'm only stopping so I can finally eat and watch some TV with my family。 I am completely blown away by how fast this book has gone。 I was expecting it to take a few days but it's only been a few hours and my husband has already agreed to start it tomorrow。 I saw a preview of the ebook and I'm seriously missing out on some label comparisons and graphs。 I already ordered the ebook and I'll be finishing this audio before bedtime。 I took off half a star because the information seemed incomplete。 I get no one wants to hear about rats enduring electric shock to get their sugar fix but if that's not proof of addiction I don't know what is。 I was a bit disappointed that other doctors have mentioned this when discussing this topic but the person who originated the study skipped over it， even when discussing other versions of the study。 She also dismissed the benefits of delaying breakfast and acted as if the breakfast being important wasn't created by the food industry。 Overall it's a good book with good information but at the end of the day， it felt sugar-coated。 Recommend to others: Yes。 This one is a hard one to get from the library。 I don't know if it's the topic， time of year， or both。 I think it's worth the money if you can't wait。 。。。more
Ian D
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Οι βλαβερές συνέπειες της ζάχαρης για αρχάριους και προχωρημένους και νομίζω η χρονιά δε θα μπορούσε να κλείσει με χειρότερο καλύτερο τρόπο από το πόσο πολύ παρούσα είναι στην καθημερινότητά μας και πόσο τελικά είμαστε εξαρτημένοι （Thanks for the nightmares by the way）。 Εγώ πρώτος και καλύτερος που τον καφέ μου τον πίνω σκέτο （κι ας μην είμαι κόρη της κυρα Λένης） αλλά με γαλακτομπούρεκο από δίπλα， γιατί σαν την υγιεινή διατροφή δεν έχει。 Όλα λίγο， πολύ γνωστά κι αν καταφέρουμε να ελαττώσουμε ή ν Οι βλαβερές συνέπειες της ζάχαρης για αρχάριους και προχωρημένους και νομίζω η χρονιά δε θα μπορούσε να κλείσει με χειρότερο καλύτερο τρόπο από το πόσο πολύ παρούσα είναι στην καθημερινότητά μας και πόσο τελικά είμαστε εξαρτημένοι （Thanks for the nightmares by the way）。 Εγώ πρώτος και καλύτερος που τον καφέ μου τον πίνω σκέτο （κι ας μην είμαι κόρη της κυρα Λένης） αλλά με γαλακτομπούρεκο από δίπλα， γιατί σαν την υγιεινή διατροφή δεν έχει。 Όλα λίγο， πολύ γνωστά κι αν καταφέρουμε να ελαττώσουμε ή να διώξουμε εντελώς τη ζάχαρη από τη ζωή μας， τόσο το καλύτερο （περιλαμβάνονται χρήσιμα τιπς στο τέλος）。 Άντε να δούμε από το 2024， γιατί το '23 της δώκαμε και κατάλαβε。 。。。more
Amanda
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An interesting and helpful book with info on how sugar truly is an addiction and how to change your eating。 I liked that the book covered why excess sugar leads to overeating， hidden sources of sugar and all the other names， and then how to break dependence and handle hurdles and stress/setbacks/social pressures。The book also includes 30 sugarless recipes for a variety of items and popular condiments。
Rachel
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*I received a free ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review*There were parts of this that I found really helpful and interesting but in some ways I feel just as confused by sugar-related issues as I have always been。 Looking at sugar from a scientific point of view is really helpful in understanding why we enjoy it the way we do and also makes the point that it's not completely our fault for our addiction to sugars。 Where it gets confusing for me is the issue of *I received a free ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review*There were parts of this that I found really helpful and interesting but in some ways I feel just as confused by sugar-related issues as I have always been。 Looking at sugar from a scientific point of view is really helpful in understanding why we enjoy it the way we do and also makes the point that it's not completely our fault for our addiction to sugars。 Where it gets confusing for me is the issue of added sugars。 Even after reading the chapter more than once I'm still not sure what to make of this topic。 On one hand， the author is telling us added sugars are bad， and on the other hand is recommending foods that I know have some of those added sugars in their ingredients。 And the one issue that is never brought up is how expensive it is to avoid foods with added sugars。 Many of the food brands she recommends are pretty expensive （and availability depends on your grocery store stocking them）。 It's also tough to navigate some of the recommendations here because it relies on using other foods that we have been told time and again are not good for us （mayo， heavy whipping cream）。 I'm someone who loves to bake so it also would have been helpful to have tips on how to make substitutions in recipes such as chocolate chip cookies which often use both white and brown sugars。 There are a lot of great tips that I will take away with me， but this book also made it clear to me how difficult it is to follow all these recommendations in the real world。 。。。more
Online Eccentric Librarian
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More reviews （and no fluff） on the blog http://surrealtalvi。wordpress。com/I have so much ambivalence about this book。 On the one hand， we do have an addiction problem with sugar and this author was one of the researchers who explored just how bad the issue is throughout the Western world。 There is so much incredibly good information here on the topic of sugar！ On the other hand， she is so focused on the ills of sugar， that she completely misses the boat on the other problems with the SAD （s More reviews （and no fluff） on the blog http://surrealtalvi。wordpress。com/I have so much ambivalence about this book。 On the one hand， we do have an addiction problem with sugar and this author was one of the researchers who explored just how bad the issue is throughout the Western world。 There is so much incredibly good information here on the topic of sugar！ On the other hand， she is so focused on the ills of sugar， that she completely misses the boat on the other problems with the SAD （standard American diet）: the foods that clog arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes。 So sugar takes the fall for everything in this book - rather than just being a contributor to obesity， insulin resistance， cancer， etc。 The author was one of the first people to find links to actual sugar addiction - even worse than cocaine in rodents。 She explores the topic thoroughly in the book， helping us to understand why and how the addiction happens。 It is fascinating stuff and sheds light on so much。 It's great information and really important information that everyone needs to read; especially those with families since most parents/guardians turn sugar into a treat or something special that kids want to keep coming back to get。 This is in addition to discussions about marketing of sugary snacks/drinks/foods to kids。 The section on hidden sugars was excellent and especially useful。Unfortunately， the book went off the rails in the end。 The substitutions for sugar and the diet plan read exactly what was done to avoid fats since the 1970s - but with a role reversal。 So to avoid sugar， the author adds a LOT of unhealthy fats， especially saturated fat and cholesterol laden animal products （which is ironic considering that the food industry replaced fats with sugars to try to be 'healthy"）。 So， you can avoid sugar addiction by ensuring a heart attack， stroke， or diabetes instead with all the bad fats。 It was frustrating to read since there was so much good information in the book and then to see the short-sighted nutrition in the end。 Certainly， there were good sugar avoidance recipes in the book that with a few more tweaks to take out the high caloric value and low health value of the fats would be so useful。Definitely read this for the excellent research into the physiological and psychological effects of sugar addiction。 Curing yourself from it is an important step toward better health。 But also keep in mind that sugar isn't the only problem with the current diet and sugar isn't causing the number cause of American/Western deaths: cardio vascular disease。 Sugar can contribute a bit through causing obesity but there is more to causing obesity than added sugars （just ask anyone with a fast food addiction - sugar isn't the big problem for the guy with a daily trip to McDonalds with two big macs and super sized fries - his full sugar Coke isn't what is hurting him）。 Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher。 。。。more
Jennifer Hazen
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Sugarless was an informative and comprehensive book on the addictions of sugar and how sugar in all of its forms affects your body。 It was heavy on science which grew tiresome after a bit， but， as I read， I could scan for nuggets of valuable information。
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