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Article: Losing Weight The Sugar Busters Way; It's Not the Fat, It's the Sugar
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 11, 1998
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You know those cute little baby carrots we reach for as a
snack or healthy hors d'oeuvre? The ones we choose over cheese or
nuts, or, heaven forbid, pate.
If you're one of the million people who in the last six months
have bought "Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat," the latest diet
book to sweep the nation, you've already read that they're virtual
poison. And you also know the authors say that--along with potatoes,
corn and beets--carrots are almost as bad as candy.
Carrots?
It turns out they're full of sugar. And sugar is "toxic"--the
real reason, say the authors, that Americans are more overweight
than ever.
And whether the sugar comes from a chocolate bar or baby
carrots, ...