Health, mind and body The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes review – shocking and important A remarkable account of our addiction to the sweet stuff and the far-reaching implications for our health Gary Taubes argues that sugar is ‘uniquely toxic’. By 2012 that had risen to one in seven, with a new case being diagnosed every 16 seconds. This “tidal wave” is the subject of US science journalist Gary Taubes’s remarkable book. Sugar is “uniquely toxic”, he says, and compares the scale of the problem to the battle against smoking. • The Case Against Sugar is published by Portobello.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2018 16:30 UTC