2024 the best way to stop eating sugar review

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A shocking look at the link between sugar, inflammation, and a host of preventable chronic diseases—perfect for fans of bestselling author Gary Taubes’ The Case Against Sugar—from leading nerve surgeon Dr. Richard Jacoby.

What Grain Brain did for wheat, this book by a leading peripheral nerve surgeon now does for sugar, revealing how it causes crippling nerve damage throughout the body—in our feet, organs, and brain—why sugar and carbohydrates are harmful to the body's nerves, and how eliminating them can mitigate and even reverse the damage.

If you suffer from ailments your doctors can’t seem to diagnose or help—mysterious rashes, unpredictable digestive problems, debilitating headaches, mood and energy swings, constant tiredness—nerve compression is the likely cause. Sugar Crush exposes the shocking truth about how a diet high in sugar, processed carbohydrates, and wheat compresses and damages the peripheral nerves of the body, leading to pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and feet, along with a host of related conditions, including migraines, gall bladder disease, and diabetes.

Over the years, Dr. Richard Jacoby has treated thousands of patients with peripheral neuropathy. Now, he shares his insights as well as the story of how he connected the dots to determine how sugar is the common denominator of many chronic diseases. In Sugar Crush, he offers a unique holistic approach to understanding the exacting toll sugar and carbs take on the body. Based on his clinical work, he breaks down his highly effective methods, showing how dietary changes reducing sugar and wheat, coinciding with an increase of good fats, can dramatically help regenerate nerves and rehabilitate their normal function.

Sugar Crush includes a quiz to assess your nerve damage, practical dietary advice, and the latest thinking on ways to prevent and reverse neuropathy. If you have diabetes, this essential guide will help you understand the dangers and give you the tools you need to make a difference beyond your doctor’s prescriptions. If you have the metabolic syndrome or prediabetes, or are just concerned about your health, it will help you reverse and prevent nerve damage.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Wave; Reprint edition (February 16, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062348221
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062348227
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.58 x 8 inches
Reviewer: K. RAFFAELLE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It is possible to regain wellbeing
Review: Awareness is key.Good read for people who are serious about wellness for self and others.This book connects the necessary dots between health and wealth for each person, families, communities and nations.Nice work. Timely as the current trajectory individually and at scale is not sustainable. The kick in the pants I needed.Too much refined sugar... not good for anyone or our systems of living well.

Reviewer: jo ellen kleinhenz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sugar is more than poison... great read!
Review: In Sugar Crush, Dr. Richard Jacoby casts sugar as a stealthy villain, quietly wreaking havoc on our body’s internal pathways. With his "Global Compression Theory," Jacoby unveils how excess sugar leads to glycation, a process in which sugar molecules cling to proteins and fats, creating a sticky matrix that compresses nerves, blood vessels, and vital organs. This “compression” restricts blood flow and oxygen, especially in narrow or high-stress areas like the carpal tunnel and spinal column. Left unchecked, this pressure-filled environment can trigger serious health conditions like neuropathy, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.Jacoby offers a clear solution: swap out sugar for healthy fats to “decompress” tissues, improve circulation, and support nerve health. Through a powerful blend of patient stories and scientific insights, Jacoby sounds the alarm on sugar’s subtle yet devastating impact and advocates for dietary shifts as a path to long-term wellness. Sugar Crush is as much a wake-up call as it is a guide, urging readers to take control of their health by rethinking their relationship with sugar and embracing strategies for lasting vitality. Jacoby’s accessible yet scientific approach makes this book a compelling read for anyone eager to understand and counteract sugar’s hidden dangers.Dr. Mike Van Thielen, PhD.

Reviewer: Silverpen
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Incredibly valuable information about the evils of sugar
Review: The best thing about this book is that it totally convinced me that sugar in all of its refined forms is really, really bad for the body. Before reading this, I only knew about some of the most obvious problems with the white stuff (weight gain, feeling crappy, etc.). Formally, I was willing to put up with these symptoms in order to enjoy the taste and texture of sugary foods. Having read this book, I now know that sugar causes nerve damage. This explains a number of symptoms I have lived with for quite some time. Also, I am more aware of how and where food manufacturers hide sugars in their products. I am now planning my meals and snacks around whole foods as close to their natural state as possible. After just a few days, I am already feeling better. I also enjoyed reading Sugar Crush because the author has a very conversational style and a sense of humor.The reason I am giving only four stars instead of five is because of the author's recommendation to follow the Paleo diet. I believe that a plant-based diet is more beneficial, for humans, animals, and the planet. Why buy expensive grass-fed beef for omega-3 fatty acids when you can get omega-3s directly from eating greens yourself? I highly recommend How Not To Die by Michael Greger, M.D. for information about a plant-based diet.In addition, I disagree with the Sugar Crush about the need to limit fruit. I believe it is the most perfect food for humans to consume, as long as the fruit is in its natural state. Although fruit does contain sugar, the sugar is in a natural form, is not particularly concentrated, and exists along with a multitude of beneficial micro nutrients, water, and fiber. The best way to eat fruit and maximize its benefits is to eat it in its natural state and by itself. Fruit does not digest well when combined with other foods, so wait a least a half hour after eating other foods to eat fruit, and then wait at least a half hour before consuming another food. This is a principle of Natural Hygiene, which dates back to the 1800s. There is plenty of information about Natural Hygiene on the web. Personally, I feel great when I follow this way of eating fruit. In addition, I often make a green smoothie, which combines greens and fruit in a smoothie made in a high-speed blender like my Vitamix.Having said that, I do believe that a diet that is free of added sugar, chemicals, trans fats, etc. is still going to be better for the body than a diet of manufactured food, even if it is not purely plant-based. I still eat eggs once or twice a week.I also recommend a most excellent book that helps tremendously with the mental processes and techniques for eating better. It is Mini Habits for Weight Loss by Stephen Guise. Such a great book!

Reviewer: Mad Dog
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Outstanding, with new information, with a few caveats
Review: If you are still eating some sugar in your diet after reading books like Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, this book will make you give it up for good. With terrifying detail, Richard Jacoby discusses the mechanics of how too much dietary sugar eventually leads to the crippling nerve damage, infection, gangrene and amputation that are the hallmarks of advanced metabolic disease. In fact, you could have serious damage long before the diabetes diagnosis. It is full of nuggets of new information, such as how such diseases as ALS, gallbladder disease, or even Bell's palsy may be related to this sort of damage caused by sugar.That said, I have some reservations, none of which are enough to justify knocking off a star. I think he is too cool with dairy products and red meat, despite some evidence that they increase risk of cancer and heart disease. He misses the problems with too much protein, which is that it can increase cancer risk and also convert to glucose. In general, the longest lived and healthiest societies on earth, such as the Japanese and the Europeans that live around the Mediterranean, do eat some carbs in the form of grain products, rice for the former and pasta for the latter. He does not show that rigorously giving all that up completely leads to greater longevity. He also unfairly bashes stevia and claims that you should do without a sweet taste in your mouth altogether. I think this is harsh and unnecessary. No one ever gets diabetes from putting stevia in their coffee. To be fair, he allows a more flexible form of his recommended diet which is based on glycemic index and glycemic load. Finally, he should have recommended coconut oil rather than butter for the bulletproof coffee. I do this and it's awesome. Coconut oil has many benefits over butter even though the latter is okay.But my overall view is that this book is excellent and valuable. I personally have cut way, way back on my sugar and starchy carb intake, and the health benefits are immediate and obvious - greater mental sharpness, more even energy, gradual weight loss, to name just a few.Highly recommended.

Reviewer: Libby
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very informative. Easy to read and also portions that are more dense. Loved learning about the political agendas behind food and big Pharma.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The author makes a difficult subject very concise, almost bullet pointed and black and white. We all have a choice...well he actually gives 2 choices and obviously ignoring those two choices. I considered myself a healthy eater with a perfect weight. I have now reconsidered that view and will be making some changes to my diet and eating habits..... kicking the unnecessary carbs.I have read a lot of nutrition books. This is the only one I am recommending as a must (and uncomfortable) read. I would describe it as coming from a scientific and truthful medical perspective..... probably something all medical professionals should HAVE to read as part of their training, to open their eyes and provide full care to their patients no just drugs, surgery, quick fixes and inadequate dietary advice.

Reviewer: Beatriz
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The book is very interesting. I learned a lot about sugar and the processes that happens in our bodies, still it felt overly repetitive. The author spends an entire chapter talking about feet problems, and even though it is related to sugar consumption, it got very boring.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Sugar Crush is an absolute must read!! Dr. Jacoby has impacted my health, my chronic pain and my life in significant, positive ways. After almost 3 years of chronic inflammation in my forearms: bilateral tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis and golfer's elbow, I sought the journey of natural help to heal. Eliminating all forms of sugar and toxic carbohydrates, essentially all of them, has brought me incredible relief!!! The chronic pain, stiffness, edema of my fingers, numbness and tingling are gone!!!! I am on day 50 and will continue with my toxic carbohydrate and sugars free eating for the rest of my days!!

Reviewer: zoek5z
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Its important to know what's going on inside the body when we eat sugar. Very good book that made me want to stop eating sugar over all other books on the subject. Scary reading.