Nancy Appleton

I have been interested in the topic of sugar and addiction since I was in high school and had a teacher who spoke of the dangers of sucrose, suggesting that I read "Sugar Blues" by William Dufty. So when I saw this in the book store, I snatched it up, eager to learn more.

I was very disappointed by the misinformation, half-truths, lack of documentation, suppositions, and "Correlation does not imply causation", as any statistician can tell you. Some of the information was accurate, but in the hands of someone unused to looking for primary sources of medical information, this volume would be dangerous, since the information it presents is largely mixed with folklore rather than scientific data.

I cannot recommend this book for anything other than recycling, which is where my copy is going. Wasted $16 on it.… (altro)