The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes
Taubes prosecutes sugar as the primary cause of obesity, diabetes and related disease, through the history of the sugar industry's influence on science and policy. The industry history is damning and well documented; the single-cause claim is stronger than the evidence.
Read it if…
you want the history of how sugar escaped scrutiny.
Skip it if…
you want balance; it is a prosecution brief by design.
Three things you will actually use
- Industry funding shaped sugar science.
- Added sugar is the easiest big cut.
- Single-cause theories of complex disease deserve skepticism.
Do this first
Track added sugar for a week; most people underestimate it by half.
Our verdict
Damning history, overstated thesis.
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