The Case Against Sugar in Science and Inquiry

Nov 29, 2018 Grace rated it it was ok

Informative, but exceedingly boring.

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Jan 27, 2017 Jennifer rated it liked it

3.5 stars.Sound research and well-written. I'm always interested in information about nutrition and how it can affect health, but I had a hard time getting into this one- there is so much background information on how sugar came to be so ubiquitous in society and the often underhanded ways it got there. Maybe I'm just burned out on fraud and lies and all that, but the background was just too long and somewhat shrill for me. Things got better towards the end of the book with its emphasis on curre ...more

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Jan 17, 2024 Sharon rated it really liked it

Shelves: food, history

At the beginning, there are facts about consumption of sugar enough to give anyone pause and help us understand that no one should have sugar in their diet. The less the better. Most of the book is the history of sugar in humans, the science or lack of it, the way it was promoted, falsely, mostly but the sugar industry, but also by researchers.

I skimmed the history and early science parts because it wasn't why I wanted to read the book, though I gleaned some good information from some of it. An ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Rod rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science

I am late to the current debate on national nutritional policy. I found this treatment extremely helpful in providing a background, both historical and scientific, on how sugar has apparently evaded its identification as a nutritional time bomb. Highly recommended.

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Aug 02, 2021 John McPhee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Sugar kills

Love Taubes’ thesis. Found this not as clear and concise as it might be. Challenging to draw conclusions on this topic as the data is so varied and not at all definitive.

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