From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.

For more than 40 years, Dr Herman Tarnower warned his patients to eat sensibly and stay trim. When they complained that diets didn't work, he decided to find a diet that would work. After years of research and medical trials he founded the Scarsdale Medical Centre and developed a weight loss program that he believed was simple, safe and fast. • What makes the diet work so miraculously? • How do I keep the weight off? • What if I want to take off still more? • What’s the easy way to have a lean, healthy body for life? Dr. Tarnower now gives you all the facts about the most popular diet ever discovered—plus the lifetime secrets of staying thin! You’ll get the simple basics of diet chemistry . . . an easy plan for losing up to twenty pounds in two weeks . . . a two-on—two-off program for maintaining a healthy weight . . . and new diet variation menus: gourmet, money-saver, vegetarian, and international.