Sweet Poison, Why Sugar Makes Us Fat

While I learned a few interesting points of consideration (the effect of estrogen and fiber on the bodies use of fructose) and the different ways your body metabolizes (or does not metabolize) glucose vs. fructose vs. artificial sweeteners, etc - there wasn't a whole lot to learn for someone who is already quite nutritionally informed. Most people know sugar is bad for us. Reading some of the history (dating back to when we discovered different kinds of sugar and their rapidly increasing market interest and availability) was interesting, but much of the information on obesity and chronic disease statistics is old news to me. Furthermore, I'm very skeptical of any book that espouses a “one stop shop” solution to the obesity epidemic. Nutrition and health are complex, holistic systems mediated by bodies and environments we may never fully understand. Fructose is for sure a problem, but not the only problem - so if you are to read this book, I would definitely take it with a grain of salt (because sugar is bad for you... Get it? Eh?).