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I first heard of this book while reading Spartan Health Regime by Anthony Bova.In it he says:”Powdered sugar is white death! Read Sugar Blues by William Dufty and you’ll never touch that stuff again.”Or something like that. Thank god I took his advice…Amazon Description:It’s a prime ingredient in countless substances from cereal to soup, from cola to coffee. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every American every year, it’s as addictive as nicotine — and as poisonous. It’s sugar. And “Sugar Blues”, inspired by the crusade of Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson, is the classic, bestselling expose that unmasks our generation’s greatest medical killer and shows how a revitalizing, sugar-free diet can not only change lives, but quite possibly save them.Wikipedia Description:Sugar Blues is a book by William Dufty that was released in 1975 and has become a dietary classic. According to the publishers, over 1.6 million copies have been printed.[1] A digest called Refined Sugar: the Sweetest Poison of Them. All was prepared by Dufty, Dufty uses the narrative form to delve into the history of sugar and history of medicine. He mentions whistle blowers, such as Semmelweiss, to remind readers of the discontinuities in standard science. He also delves into the history of Cuba, history of slavery, history of tobacco and tobacco curing to present the sociology of sugar.The status of sugar, as a product of refining, was compared to drugs:Heroin is nothing but a chemical. They take the juice of the poppy and they refine it into opium and then they refine it to morphine and finally to heroin. Sugar is nothing but a chemical. They take the juice of the cane or the beet and the refine it to molasses and then they refine it to brown sugar and finally to strange white crystals. (page 22)Later, the euphemism, “made from natural ingredients”, is cited as equally applicable to heroin and sugar. (page 148)Mass Market Paperback: 256 pagesPublisher: Grand Central Life & style; 1976Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0446343129ISBN-13: 978-0446343121P.S. This book was never officially released as ebook, hence this is a manually scanned copy. You shouldn’t have any problem reading it though as the resolution is high and the words are crisp. Enjoy.