Sweet Poison: Why Sugar Makes Us Fat by David Gillespie

• Heavy on technical detail but fascinating if you enjoy that kind of thing.
• Explains how sugar is addictive but that fructose is the culprit.
• Summarises the issues with artificial sweeteners.
• Gives you guidelines on how to avoid fructose and its effects on your body and metabolism.

 

The Sweet Poison Quit Plan by David Gillespie

• Good summary of the main points in Sweet Poison: Why Sugar Makes Us Fat.
• Lots of actionable advice about which foods to eat or avoid.
• Excellent activity to determine avoidance strategies while you’re quitting sugar.
• Recipes that use dextrose instead of sugar (e.g. cakes, biscuits, ice cream, chocolate sauce).

 

I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson

• Less pages than the Sweet Poison books, faster to read.
• Good strategies for avoiding sugar in tricky situations e.g. at work or at social events.
• Has many great recipes to try.