I spotted this book a mile off in my local bookshop, the brightness and the 'fun-ness' of the cover just drew me in. There's so much anti-sugar stuff about at the minute I thought why not give it a go. What made it stand out more for me, than all the other anti-sugar books, was how down to earth and fun the book is, inside there's so many bright and interesting pictures and illustrations.
The book is split into 4 parts: Damon's 60 day experiment, sugar science, experiment fallout and turning things around and finally recipes.
The experiment part is a truly fascinating read. He [Damon] wanted to see what effect 60 days of sugar would have on his body. From going from a healthy male who ate no sugar to eating the average amount of sugar a normal Australian would eat on a daily basis. Damon shows us how his mood, his body and his overall health changes. It's just super interesting to see how high (or average really) sugar intake can affect a person, especially it's addictive qualities and effects on the brain.
Not only do you see the affects of sugar on Damon over his 60 day experiment, you see the affect of sugar on different populations, the Aboriginals who consume crazy amounts of fizzy drinks, and those in America who suffer from 'Mountain Dew Mouth'.
The science-y part of the book is also great, not at all 'dumbed-down' but very clear and definitely fun. Every piece of information is reinforced with funky illustrations and data. There's great information about the different forms sugar takes (glucose, sucrose etc), insulin and how sugar can give us non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among other things.
The author follows up his experiment with how he got healthy again, the things he ate, how long it took to get back to normal. His test results were definitely thought provoking, especially finding out that he ate the same amount of calories pre-experiment as he did in just sugar during the experiment and gained weight. I've always understood that sugar is bad for us, but this experiment does make you think a lot more about calories in versus calories out.
The recipes are great, hearty and filling and most of all... without sugar! I must say the stew recipe is amazing and a new favourite in my house.
The book is also twinned with 'That Sugar Film' which I would love to see but has yet to come to the UK, although I have been assured it is coming soon! If you're in Australia or New Zealand do pop over to the website thatsugarfilm.com to see the showing times near you and to watch the trailer.
And to Damon, thanks for this book and for putting your own body on the line for the experiment.
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