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By Guest poster – Stephen Visio Ewen

I read Robert Lustig’s The Hacking of The American Mind last year, he was on 60 Minutes years ago warning people about the dangers of sugar and he wrote a New York Times bestseller called Fat Chance.

The liner notes description; “Dopamine is the “reward” neurotransmitter that tells our brains “This feels good, I want more.” Yet too much dopamine leads to addiction. Serotonin is the “contentment” neurotransmitter that tells our brains “This feels good, I have enough.” Yet too little serotonin leads to depression.

Gary Taubes – “The Case Against Sugar”, lecture videos

Gary Taubes has a new book out – The Case Against Sugar. I found links to 3 video lectures by Gary Taubes on dietdoctor.com.

Links to reviews of the book, The Case Against Sugar;

The Case Against Sugar – aeon review

The Sugar Wars – review

Those of us in our search of better health have learned how damaging and addictive sugar is, but it’s not just sugar, it’s really,the taste of sweet, that’s addicting. People, and doctors, think replacing sugar, with artificial sweeteners or other natural sweeteners like, honey, agave, or stevia is better or healthier.

Dr. Richard Bernstein Video Lectures on Understanding Diabetes, Low Carb and Metabolism

Here is a link to a series of lectures by Dr. Richard Bernstein – Author of the book “Diabetes Solution – The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars”, that explains why and how using a very low carb diet can help control your insulin levels and help with fat loss.

What Fruit Does to our Immune System

trickandtreat One of my favorite books on low carb eating is Barry Groves book, Trick and Treat. After reading the chapter “Why Five Portions?”, I realized just how dangerous sugar was.

This chapter is about why and how the daily recommendation of fruits and vegetables became 5 portions. But, to me, the most profound section in this chapter was the one on how sugars, especially fructose, depress our immune systems and disable our white blood cells ability to destroy bacteria and illness causing organisms.

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