BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180126T000000Z DTEND:20180126T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Music Hall Loft: Gary Taubes\, "The case against Sugar" DESCRIPTION:Don't miss hearing from investigative journalist Gary Taubes about his New York Times bestseller The Case Against Sugar - just out in paperback. This groundbreaking\, eye-opening expos makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies\, entrenched in our lives\, and making us very sick. \n\nAmong Americans\, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever\; obesity is at epidemic proportions\; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these\, and other\, critical society-wide\, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk\, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative\, as an additive in cigarettes\, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar\, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss\; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.\n\nGary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories\, Bad Calories. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Don&rsquo\;t miss hearing from investigative journalist Gary Taubes about his \;New York Times \;bestseller \;The Case Against Sugar \;- \; just out in paperback. This groundbreaking\, eye-opening exposé\; makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies\, entrenched in our lives\, and making us very sick. \;
\n\nAmong Americans\, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever\; obesity is at epidemic proportions\; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these\, and other\, critical society-wide\, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk\, Gary Taubes delves into Americans&rsquo\; history with sugar: its uses as a preservative\, as an additive in cigarettes\, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar\, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss\; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.
\n\nGary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of \;Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It \;and \;Good Calories\, Bad Calories.
\n LOCATION:The Music Hall Loft 131 Congress St Portsmouth\, NH UID:e.1659.35868 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240319T013343Z URL:https://portsmouthcollaborative.org/events/details/the-music-hall-loft-gary-taubes-the-case-against-sugar-35868 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR