Sugar Blues Mass Market Paperback – March 17, 1986

Probably the most informative book I have read in my 75 years on this planet. And I am an avid reader. People think we have a drug problem in this country? We do. And it's not what we're led to believe. I read this book when it first came out in the 70's and have re-read it at least 3 or 4 times. The drug problem we have in this country is SUGAR and we are all addicted to it. Sugar is more addicting than cocaine. If you think not, try doing without it completely for a few days. I mean NO sugar. It is in everything. Read the labels on everything you buy. Sugar sugar sugar, is in everything. So, eliminate it completely. You will be surprised how much better you feel after a few weeks on NO sugar. Try it if you think you can. What amazes me is the number of people that gave the book a poor rating. Many just read a chapter and said it was boring and threw it away. Too bad because if they are really interested in getting healthy they should have read the entire book. Granted, the first few chapters talk about the history of sugar and how it all started. The more you read however, makes you understand why over half the country is probably just heading for full blow diabetes. The history of sugar is really important in that it makes you understand why the health industry is on of the most profitable industries in the country. Why it takes weeks sometime just to get an appointment to see a doctor. I have Narcolepsy and have been taking Ritalin since the early 80's. I did the Adkins diet which "completely" eliminates sugar. After just a month or two with NO sugar, I didn't even need the Ritalin anymore. Never felt better or had more energy than anytime in my life. Truth!!

Basically,what you have to ask yourself......Why do I need to buy this book. Answer is simple.Reading is knowledge, so if you have the knowledge then don't waste your money. But I doubt very much if anyone has the knowledge Bill Dufty is offering here.You don't don't read this book, small as it may be, you need to study it. Yes read it, then get a marker and then REALLY read it..........why? It will shake you up more than you realise. The writer has experienced its contents in many ways, and for the rest has delved historically for the comparisons.It is first value for money.It was first published around 1975 and is still going strong.........John Lennon used to give copies to his friends.It takes you to the root of a lot of problems concerning sugar,(Sucrose) and many reasons to give it a wide berth! It is scaring in some ways, this does no arise till you start putting into practise what Dufty says and you get the..............SUGAR BLUES!Ok,you have not had a heart attack.....then wait till you get one.......and then you will REALLY read it......Diabetes.......your sugar level is OK? Is it.........how many have taken the Glucose Tolerance test to find out the body's reaction to sugar and see if it can handle the poison. It is a slow killer as the book will tell you. Basically know what it does to the teeth.....rots them. But why.........why is it the West Indians can eat it and have magnificent teeth? Buy the book and find out.It may cost a few dollars, but compared with the benefits..............it is nothing............Imagine being told.....you have Diabetes....how much would you pay the doctor to say........you have NOT got it........well Dufty tells you how to avoid it. If you don't think this worth knowing, then you should not be wasting your time reading this review.If you have any sense, then get a copy, and show you really value your health. Because that is what you are buying, a key to good health and like a good map book, shows you the road to take to get it.I think it will shake you. I write this as an ex-marathon runner, and know the damage sugar does to the marathon runner....how it retains all in the gut and refusing to let the real energy through till the sugar has been absorbed.......but then you need more sugar.....more energy.........and so it goes on.Get the book and you will see the value you have just paid next to nothing for..............you just could not regret it. It is easy reading and interesting.................!

The book was delivered to me in great condition. Reading it was a delight. So interesting to read about the spread of sugar on the world.

This book was written in the 70's, and I wish I had read it back then. I am an avowed sugar addict who is trying to amass so much information about sugar's detriments that I'm forced to give it up. To an extent, I'm slowly getting there, but it is a constant battle. Dufty's book, although it is not a scientific work, is an astute observation of advertising and political strategies that have allowed the infiltration of this dangerous substance into our lives, until it is in absolutely EVERYTHING. The section about how much sugar is in tobacco products was suggestive and eye-opening; he makes a suggestion that lung cancer is potentiated more by the sugar than the tobacco (using rough figures of lung cancer overseas and in the US). While this is not a scientifically-supported statement, it is worth looking into. Most of the book is a historical and political analysis of sugar's place in the growth of the world's consumer culture, stretching back into the days of the Crusades, when the Europeans wanted some of that Saracen sugar and would fight to get it. He points the finger at Fannie Farmer for suggesting that a little sugar added to just about every recipe would improve it. Now, 30-some years after he writes this, sugar (or HFCS, which wasn't invented til the 70's) is in nearly everything we buy at the store. It is more ubiquitous than spices like onion and garlic, which are added to just about every savory item in can or box or packet. His work is prescient in many ways, but also shows how constant the attitude of big commercial concerns are in their fight against inconvenient truths. A good book to start with; there is much more scientific data available now on what sugar does to the body (a lecture by Dr. Lustig on how closely the effects of fructose on the body jibe with the now-medically recognized "metabolic syndrome" is instructive). A good book to start becoming informed about the killer white crystals in your cupboard.

I’ve read this book years ago and misplaced it. Good information.