Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life--and How You Can Get Back on Track

by Connie Bennett and Stephen T. Sinatra

Book Overview

The perfect guide to getting healthy by kicking your sugar habit for good with 20 simple, sugar-free success strategies.

There's no sugarcoating it: succumbing to sweets too often could damage your health. But to what extent? Most readers already know that succumbing to sweets too often can lead to obesity and diabetes. What many don't know, however, is that too many quickie carbs can bring on a host of other maladies-such as brain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425213579
• ISBN13: 9780425213575
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Do you want to change your life? Sugar Shock! can help

I was sugar addicted for years. When I ate sugar, I overate sugar: once I started, I couldn't stop. If I had sweet food for breakfast, I wanted sweet food for lunch, for dinner, tomorrow, and the next day... I was depressed, anxious, irritable, bitchy, and moody. I snapped at my children, lost my temper easily, and cried for no reason. My mood vacillated with my sugar binges, and my self esteem with it. Does this sound like you? Sugar Shock! can help. As Connie Bennett explains in her book, sugar is one of the most addictive, damaging substances on the planet. It is toxic to our bodies. And yet, it's pervasive: abstaining from sugar will mean making choices that are counter culture. At first, that can be challenging. Eating almonds while everyone else is enjoying ice cream may feel like deprivation. But look at what you're gaining. No, I don't have apple pie at Thanksgiving, and I never will again. But here's what I found, in return: freedom from depression. Freedom from the guilt and shame that accompanied my sugar binges. Freedom from the terrible mood swings, irritability, and anger that plagued my home life. Freedom to pursue my life purpose. Freedom to be the woman, wife, mother, and friend I wanted to be. The rewards are many. The sacrifices, really, are few. I don't miss sugar now. Honestly. My life is full: filled with real sweetness, not the toxic substitute. Do you want to find freedom? Sugar Shock! can show you how. Freeing yourself from sugar will change your life: I guarantee it. This is one of the best books on sugar addiction that you can buy (I know: I've read them all.) The website is very helpful, too.

Tremendous Success - THANK YOU!

I never thought I would be able to talk about life without sugar for more than 3 days. I am in the process of getting rid of sugar from my diet, and am proud (and SHOCKED) to say that I have been refined sugar-free for 19 days. My personal record before this was 8 days (a rarity, most of the time it was 2 or 3 days!) Truly, honestly, I have Sugar Shock! to thank for helping me finally kick the habit. In reading about how sugar sets up a subclinical infammation that can cause so many diseases like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, etc, it really helped me to gain perspective on my habit. It didn't happen right away, and I had a few binge episodes after reading this (the last one being the day after Christmas), and just imagined what was going on inside my body the whole time. That took the "fun" out of it for me. I thought I would be battling this problem for the rest of my life, but Connie took the struggle out of it for me. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

MUST READ!!

You must read SUGAR SHOCK! It is so informative, so interesting, you will change the way you eat! Connie has written what will be regarded as a respected reference on sugar and an important resource for the public. I have highly recommended it to friends, families, and patients already after reading the book in just a couple days. The amount of research that went into this book is unbelievable. Connie has exceeded all expectations and will surely gain the respect of anyone interested in learning about how to control their sugar habit. I met Connie at a professional meeting several years ago and her personality shines through in SUGAR SHOCK. Her upbeat personality and conversational tone make SUGAR SHOCK easy to read and her personal stories are so engaging that they will inspire anyone who has felt the highs and lows of too much sugar to make changes. You will find all the solutions to stopping your sugar habit in this book!

The funniest book I've read on such a hot topic

I've always tested myself, and one way I did that was in seeing how long I could go without candy. The longest I ever made it was a week. Then I joined kicksugar at yahoogroups, and I've really realized how much I had a real life "addiction" to candy. It's pretty amazing. So I immediately went out and got a copy of Sugar Shock, and I loved it. It's funny, personal, and very realistic. She quotes all the huge doctors from many major universities and health organizations. I have never read a book in my life with this much pure journalistic research done in pursuit of the truth. It's amazing how much valid science and testimonial from credible sources backs up her ideas. The data and testimonials give a fuel to the information that really has made me think twice. This book has been life changing. I am only on day 2 without candy. But more importantly, I switched from sandwich to salad (which was REALLY good suprising to me) at dinner yesterday. I've started to have real change in my life toward less candy and more energy. Thank you to the author of this book, and thank you to the people that help put it together!

Get Ready For The SUGAR SHOCK! Of Your Life

Tens of millions of people in the United States of America every single day willfully expose themselves to one of the most harmful substances that has ever been discovered. This stuff quite literally wreaks havoc on both your mental and physical health in a multiplicity of ways like nothing else and yet nobody seems to be sounding the alarm loud enough for something to be done about this dangerous substance before it claims any more victims. Is it crack cocaine? No. How about the much-vilified fat? Uh-uh. Could it be alcoholic beverages? Nope again. This is arguably one of the most stealth public health threats in the history of mankind that has quite literally fallen beneath the radar of public scorn somehow while millions of people worldwide have fallen prey to its inevitable health consequences. I'm referring to the sweet kiss of death known as sugar! In the great debate over the healthiness of this white granular substance, there is one singular voice of reason that rises above them all. Her name is Connie Bennett and she has written the ultimate book on why people should be concerned about consuming too much sugar in her long-awaited debut book release entitled "SUGAR SHOCK!: How Sweets And Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life--And How You Can Get Back On Track!" from Berkley Books (part of the Penguin Group). With all the honesty of a woman who admits her once all-encompassing, head-over-heels love affair with sugar, Bennett implores her tremendous skills as a talented journalist to uncover some deep dark secrets surrounding sugar by digging into the great body of research and personal experiences of people who have been negatively impacted by it. What she discovers in the process could very well unlock the mystery behind so many of the health crises that plague our healthcare system today. Incredibly entertaining and impeccably sourced, "SUGAR SHOCK!" will quite literally give you the "shock" of your life when you learn just how ruthless and unforgiving sugar can actually be on your health. For people who smugly proclaim that "it's only sugar," you might want to get yourself a copy of this book and see for yourself why there is cause for concern. Bennett, along with medical consulting from cardiologist and nutritionist Dr. Stephen Sinatra, share her harrowing experiences with sugar, including wild mood swings, unstable blood sugar, depression, headaches, and much worse. It's this personal touch that makes you realize she isn't just blowing smoke on a subject she knows nothing about. On the contrary, Bennett is abundantly aware of the reaction she had to sugar and wants to warn others so they can avoid the same mistakes she did. Aftering becoming successful at overcoming her own "SUGAR SHOCK!," now Bennett seeks to educate people about what they can do to not only reduce, but actually eliminate their desire to eat sugar ever again. Seriously! Does this sound too good to be true? After you read this book, you may never want to put anyth