Pure, white and deadly: The problem of sugar - Softcover

Yudkin, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0706700406 ISBN 13: 9780706700404

Publisher: Davis-Poynter Ltd, 1972

Synopsis

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 164 p. 23 cm. First Edition,second impression.Light edgewear and wear on the corners.The spine is creased.The top edge of the page block is foxed and the page block is lightly marked on the bottom edge.There is some light creasing on the front of the soft cover.The spine is slightly cocked.Binding is tight-contents clean and unmarked.

About this title

About the Author:

John Yudkin (1910-95) was a British physiologist and nutritionist, whose books include This Slimming Business, Eat Well, Slim Well and This Nutrition Business. He became internationally famous with his bookPure, White and Deadly, first published in 1972, and was one of the first scientists to claim that sugar was a major cause of obesity and heart disease.

Review:

Using everyday language and a range of scientific evidence, this book explores the ins and out of sugar, from the different types - is brown sugar really better for us than white? - to how it is sneakily inserted in our everyday foods. * Telegraph, Top 10 Diet Books * [A] valiant . . . attempt to warn us against our lust for sucrose * British Medical Journal * Arguably the leading nutritionist of his time * Guardian * A landmark work on the subject * The Telegraph * A medical classic -- Jack Winkler * Nutrition Policy Unit, London Metropolitan University * Yudkin was far ahead of his time with his idea of nutrition as a subject of great breadth: not just the study of the composition of foods, but the importance of enjoying a variety of fresh foods, and the recognition of the psychological and social factors that cause us to choose certain foods and avoid others * Independent * As an isolated voice, Yudkin, who died in 1995, may have lost the battle with the sugar industry four decades ago, but big food will find it more difficult to silence his growing army of disciples whose only incentive is to expose what's right for public health * Guardian *

About this edition

• Publisher: Davis-Poynter Ltd
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0706700406
• ISBN 13: 9780706700404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164