Summary of Eve O. Schaub's Year of No Sugar

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#1 I have always loved to bake. When I was in seventh grade, I created a hand-lettered menu and invited everyone in the family to my restaurant. I thought I had made dinner.

#2 I loved to bake, and I especially loved to make desserts for my family and friends. I loved how desserts were an expression of love, and that sugar was the food equivalent of love. I also learned that the withholding of sugar is a powerful punishment.

#3 I have never been able to understand why people are so obsessed with food fads. I have always enjoyed eating, and I have never been able to understand why people are so obsessed with losing weight.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822537811

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Insights on Eve O. Schaub's Year of No Sugar

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have always loved to bake. When I was in seventh grade, I created a hand-lettered menu and invited everyone in the family to my restaurant. I thought I had made dinner.

#2

I loved to bake, and I especially loved to make desserts for my family and friends. I loved how desserts were an expression of love, and that sugar was the food equivalent of love. I also learned that the withholding of sugar is a powerful punishment.

#3

I have never been able to understand why people are so obsessed with food fads. I have always enjoyed eating, and I have never been able to understand why people are so obsessed with losing weight.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Dr. Robert Lustig is a professor of pediatric endocrinology and metabolism at the University of California, San Francisco. In his video Sugar: The Bitter Truth, he calmly drops facts about how our society has changed, and how this has affected our weight and health.

#2

I was shocked at the information Dr. Robert Lustig was sharing about high-fructose corn syrup, and I was hooked on the idea of not eating any added sugar for a whole year.

#3

I was a writer, and I had been looking for a new project to focus on. I had seen Super Size Me, and I had read Animal Vegetable Miracle and Julie and Julia – all projects by people who might not have