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Book SynopsisFor fans of the New York Times bestseller I Quit Sugar or Katie Couric''s controversial food industry documentary Fed Up, A Year of No Sugar is a delightfully readable account of how [one family] survived a yearlong sugar-free diet and lived to tell the taleA funny, intelligent, and informative memoir. Kirkus
It''s dinnertime. Do you know where your sugar is coming from? Most likely everywhere. Sure, it''s in ice cream and cookies, but what scared Eve O. Schaub was the secret world of sugarhidden in bacon, crackers, salad dressing, pasta sauce, chicken broth, and baby food.
With her eyes opened by the work of obesity expert Dr. Robert Lustig and others, Eve challenged her husband and two school-age daughters to join her on a quest to quit sugar for an entire year.
Along the way, Eve uncovered the real costs of our sugar-heavy American dietincluding diabetes, obesity, and increased incidences of health problems such as heart disease and cancer. The stories, tips
Trade Review
"The diary I wish I had kept ... the adventures of her family, the roadblocks they encountered, and the sheer daily difficulty of overcoming a national obsession." - From the foreword by David Gillespie, author of Sweet Poison
"Eve O. Schaub's Year of No Sugar has the potential to alter your deeply rooted convictions regarding the innocent pleasure of sugar." - Betsy Shaw, Babycenter.com blogger and former Olympic snowboarder
"The surface charm of Year of No Sugar-breezy wit, blithe anecdote and effortless evocation of people and the stuff they put in their mouths-cannot conceal Schaub's deeper purpose: a takedown of sugar, its disarming myths, its dangerous presence in nearly everything we eat, and its cynical marketing. Delicious and compelling, her book is just about the best sugar substitute I've ever encountered." - Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Ron Powers
"[Schaub] debunks questionable nutritional advice, pokes fun at her own past experiments with health fads, and recalls the particular challenges of sweets-laden Halloween and Christmas. At the end of the year, the family was healthier, and they had accumulated a store of ideas and recipes (included in the book) to counter the craving for something sweet." - Booklist
"Delightfully readable account of how [Schaub] and her family survived a yearlong sugar-free diet-and lived to tell the tale. ... A funny, intelligent and informative memoir." - Kirkus Reviews
"informative and hilarious ... Eve and her husband tackled every blip, fit and question with a heaping dose of good humor." - Woman's World
"Eve Schaub has certainly heightened my awareness of sugar. After reading Year of No Sugar, I haven't been able to walk in the grocery store without reading a label (which I always did, but now it's really consuming). If you're looking for an entertaining read, pick up a copy and see if you can't help but avoiding the sweet stuff-even that can be addictive." - Sweet Home
"I admire Eve and her family for their stick-to-itiveness, and I highly recommend Year of No Sugar. It's a quick read, but will leave you thinking for a long time. It certainly raised my awareness." - Baby Center Blog
"Schaub is a wonderful storyteller. Her sense of humor and ability to paint pictures of situations they find themselves makes Year of No Sugar a pleasure to read. Whether or not you decide to follow in her footsteps concerning limiting or removing sugar from your diet, you will undoubtedly enjoy reading her story, and find lots of food for thought as well. " - Story Circle Book Reviews
"Vermont author Eve O. Schaub chronicles how her family (husband, two school-age daughters) tried to banish fructose and "it's many, many aliases" from their life. Easier said than done, since the stuff has snuck into everything from ketchup to salad dressing to bacon. When Schaub announces the plan, both girls break into hysterical tears (one later describes her sugar-free family as "mutants"). But as the months progress, their sweets cravings diminish (substitutes help, like brown rice syrup), and they feel happier and healthier." - Boston Globe
Table of Contents
CONTENTS Foreword by David Gillespie 1: I Love Sugar 2: Out of the Opium Den 3: A Sweet Poison 4: Sugar, Sugar Everywhere 5: Everything Tastes Like Bananas and Dates 6: Waitresses Hate Us 7: Oh, the Things You Will Eat 8: Poop Doesn't Lie 9: But What About the Kids? 10: Meet the Hermits 11: Why Am I Not Italian? 12: Desert Island Desserts 13: Halloween Without Candy 14: Food Time Travel 15: Holy Food 16: You're Ruining My Life...Merry Christmas! 17: Sugar at Midnight Epilogue: The Moral of Our Story P.S. Recipes from a Year of No Sugar Acknowledgments About the Author
