It’s time for a new documentary and this month, it’s the anti-sugar brigade who we will be taking a good hard look at. ‘Fed Up’ tries to tell you that sugar is the cause for everything that is wrong in the world but how accurate is that really?

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This week’s suggested readings:

Pixie’s books:

No Need to Diet - https://amzn.to/37WKkGz 

The Wellness Rebel - https://amzn.to/2CAHECO 

Insta-Food Diet (Pre-order) - https://amzn.to/2NowkvB 

Nikki’s books:

Pretty Unhealthy: How our obsession with looking healthy is making us sick

https://amzn.to/3fP1456 

Can You Die of a Broken Heart? https://amzn.to/3hW8khv 

References:

Evidence for sugar addiction: behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/

Intense sweetness surpasses cocaine reward. PloS one, 2(8), p.e698. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000698

Sugar addiction: the state of the science. European journal of nutrition, 55(2), pp.55-69. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-016-1229-6

Adiposity among 132 479 UK Biobank participants; contribution of sugar intake vs other macronutrients. International journal of epidemiology, 46(2), 492-501. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/46/2/492/2617206

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