By: Connie Bennett
BUY! Sugar Shock!
Most Americans get one-third of their daily calories from nutrient-poor foods such as sweets, pastas, soft drinks, French fries, white rice, hamburgers on white buns, and alcoholic beverages. But most of us don’t know that too many “culprit-carb” comfort foods could contribute to or trigger a host of baffling ailments such as fatigue, mood swings, mental confusion, depression, headaches, PMS, heart palpitations, crying spells, wrinkles, acne, and even diminished libido or sexual dysfunction. Even more serious, excessive carbs could lead to infertility, birth defects, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, premature aging, and obesity.
In fact, millions of Americans are in “SUGAR SHOCK!” because of the inferior carbs they mindlessly consume. So contends veteran journalist Connie Bennett, author of SUGAR SHOCK!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life—and How You Can Get it Back on
Connie is all-too-familiar with the nightmarish SUGAR SHOCK! syndrome. Back in 1998, the slim reporter—a zealous fan of red licorice and hard candies—was besieged by 44 baffling and seemingly unconnected symptoms. She was often exhausted, suffered splitting headaches, and survived frequent bouts of “brain fog.” Then, her boyfriend dumped her because he couldn’t take her off-putting “sugar-shrew” moments and irrational crying spells. Finally, a savvy doctor linked Connie’s ailments to her excessive sugar habit and her hypoglycemia. Reluctantly, she followed her M.D.’s “prescription” to kick sweets and “quickie carbs,” and to her joy, all 44 of her perplexing ailments disappeared and she was restored to good health and humor.
Now, nine years later, in this well-researched book, SUGAR SHOCK!, Connie tells the full sugar story. (The national diabetes and obesity epidemics are only a small part of the picture.) Thanks to enlightening interviews with some 250 experts; first-rate reporting about recent, cutting-edge medical studies; and the insights of thousands of “sugar sufferers,” Connie dishes the sour scoop about sweets and reveals many, often-ignored pitfalls of sugars and quickie carbs.
This groundbreaking book—which is endorsed by numerous experts, including medical consultant Stephen Sinatra, M.D.—explains how our reliance on sweets and “much-like-sugar carbs” could unknowingly ravage both our emotional and physical health and even possibly jeopardize our relationships. Moreover, Connie empathetically shares simple strategies to help readers stomp out sugar cravings, avoid “hidden sugars,” and decipher misleading food labels. A provocative, engaging exposé and self-help book, SUGAR SHOCK! tells readers about the dark side of sugars and culprit carbs. Ultimately, this book’s message is one of hope as Connie offers helpful tips and tactics so readers can kick (or least curtail) their sugar habit for good to reclaim their health and moods. For more information and to find out if you’re in SUGAR SHOCK!, visit http://www.SugarShockblog.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Connie Bennett , M.S.J., C.H.H.C. is an experienced journalist, columnist and former sugar addict, who now laughingly dubs herself a “Sugar Shrew No More!” She also is a certified health counselor, amiable life coach, speaker, and frequent radio and TV guest, who helps people worldwide break free of their sugar addiction and other bad habits. She writes a blog (www.SugarShockBlog.com); runs a free, international online support group (KickSugar on Yahoo); and hosts the “Gab With the Gurus Radio Show” (www.BlogTalkRadio.com/StopSugarShock). She has contributed to many such media outlets as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and eDiets.com. Learn if you’re a sugar addict by taking the SUGAR SHOCK! Quiz at www.SugarShock.com.
