Nancy Appleton Books exists to provide information about the common killers in our diet. SUGAR KILLS!
Nancy Appleton PhD started writing and lecturing about health in the late 1970s as a reaction to her own poor health. Her discoveries about sugar and other common diet mistakes led to her first book Lick the Sugar Habit, which is still chugging along as a 25-year bestseller. Six more books have followed. Her latest is Suicide by Sugar. Dr. Appleton has also encapsulated her life’s work into the movie Sweet Suicide. She is semi-retired and living in San Diego.
G.N. Jacobs’ involvement with Dr. Appleton began as a client and progressed into running the day to day affairs of the business. He is a novelist, essayist, filmmaker and serious contender for the title “Prince of Blogs.” He is proud of his novel Blood & Ink. He lives in Los Angeles.
You may contact us at nancyappletonbooks@yahoo.com.
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Thanks, your books have been very informational.
Julie
HI Ms. Appleton,
I use your books on sugar and bones in my teaching at Bauman College. They are easy reads packed with excellent information.
If you have a reissue of LICK THE SUGAR HABIT in the works, you may wish to correct what appears to be a typo on page 179 wherein you suggest 50 milligrams of chromium. I believe it should be micrograms.
Hi
I was wondering if Dr. Appleton was aware of a product called Just Like Sugar http://www.justlikesugar.ca. It is made of orange peel, chicory root, calcium and vitamin C. It is recommended by Dr. Russel Blaylock.
I would be interested in any comments Dr. Appleton would have on this product.
Thank-you,
Bettina
PS I used this as I couldn’t find an email address.
Hello, Dr. Appleton,
As an abstinent member of Overaters Anonymous, I have wrestled with the question of the advisability of eating limited amounts of sugar in my food plan. I lost weight, my triglycerides and cholesterrol are lower and I like an occasional sweet of some kind. My OA sponsor says sugar is rat poison. Period. I see by your list that sugar is dangerous — but even in limited amounts?
Thank you,
David
Less refined sugar is better than a lot. None is better than less. How much you eat is up to you.
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Great research on soft drinks .
My son who is 11 now has been drinking popular cola for a good 7 to 8 years . He gets migraines and these vomiting episodes . Doctor says it’s cycleatic vomiting syndrome and he will grow out of it. I took him to a psychologist and they said to cut out the cola and he hasn’t been sick since then . Can’t believe something as simple as that cured him .
Funny, I stopped eating sugar a few weeks ago and noticed my usually bad seasonal allergies went away. This is after I first switched to Whole food, no refined flour at all. Second, I went off Corn Syrup, I wouldn’t buy anything with either refined flour or corn syrup in it. Finally, a few weeks ago I cut out Sugar, and that did the trick.
The combination of cutting out all three works. I will add honey now and then in small quantities. I read that its natural complexity has shown that it helps the body maintain the proper blood sugar levels. Of course everything in moderation.
Throughout the gradual three steps above, I begun to reduce my portions as well. What I notice now is that I get full on one small serving. Here’s the kicker, I’m a 6’4″ large skeletal structured mail. But, I’ve never consistently felt this good. not even as a youth, in my early years, I was always tired. Not any more.
I just discovered your writings about sugar. Well, I hope its made required reading among kids. This is what they need to be teaching in schools.
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