Synopses & Reviews
Lick your sugar habit for goodFrom spoonfuls in our coffee to corn syrup in packaged foods and even natural sources like fruit, sugar is a huge part of our diet, and we're consuming more of it every year. This damaging habit not only makes us sick, overweight, and listless, it also ages us well beyond our years.
Now, in The Sugar Detox, acclaimed nutritionist Brooke Alpert and skincare guru Patricia Farris have combined their expertise to offer an easy plan to slim your waistline, restore your energy, and rejuvenate your skin. The Sugar Detox will put you on the path to feelingand lookingyour absolute best, with:
- A proven three-day jumpstart plan to break your sugar addiction
- A four-week meal plan incorporating healthy sugars
- Shopping lists and satiating recipes
- Strategies for combating cravings and dining out
- Lists of key health-supporting superfoods
- Tips on surprising places where sugar lurks
"A great resource for anyone trying to cut down on their sugar consumption...offers great insight on the 'surprise' sugar content of many of our favorite foods."Portland Book Review
"Packs in fascinating research on the significant chemical impact of sugar on your skin, along with other systems of your body."Organic Spa
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Publishers Weekly, 4/15/13 Numerous accolades from the authors patients and customers speak to the efficacy and life-changing aspects of the program.”
Organic Spa, 5/28/13
Packs in fascinating research on the significant chemical impact of sugar on your skin, along with other systems of your body
The authors offer smart-but-simple food recipes plus practical advice on instigating a slow sugar wean.”
Curled Up With A Good Book
Offers a thorough, clearly explained and organized system to get your body off sugar and clear up your skin
The book motivates through to the end
The Sugar Detoxis a simple but extensive, practical and persuasive plan towards better health and living. Highly recommended."
New York Journal of Books, 6/11/13
Nutrition is often a controversial topic, and a vast number of dietary fads have come and gone. But The Sugar Detox diet described by nutritionist Brooke Alpert and dermatologist Patricia Farris promises to be successful.”
Bookviews
This is a serious book that offers a one-month plan to wean readers of their sugar cravings.”
King Features Syndicate
A sensible approach.”
DaySpa, July 2013
A guidebook for people who are serious about breaking off this unhealthy dietary relationship.”
New Orleans, July 2013
Make[s] the case for the health benefits that come from cutting back on sugar consumption.”
Natural Health, September/October 2013
Offer[s] smart-but-simple recipes plus practical advice on how to wean yourself from some of your favorite sugar-filled foods.”
The Cookbook Papers, 8/4/13
Surprising facts throughout
A recommended read for anyone who is dependent on sugar.”
WomanAroundTown.com, 9/7/13
This book pulls no punches.”
Portland Book Review, 11/1/13
A comprehensive book about how sugar affects our health and looks
Their recipes are easy to follow and use reasonable ingredients and preparation styles. This book would be a great resource for anyone trying to cut down on their sugar consumption and offers great insight on the surprise sugar content of many of our favorite foods.”
Entertainment Realm, 9/4/14
Easy-to-read and comprehend.”
New Orleans Magazine, October 2014
Outlines a comprehensive, one-month plan to kick the sugar habit and improve your health and your complexion.”
Taste for Life, March 2015
Reveals how reducing our consumption of sugar can make our skin look younger and healthier.”
Synopsis
A revolutionary program to kick your sugar habit for good, taking years off your body and face
Synopsis
Learn how kicking your sugar habit can help you lose weight and get glowing, younger-looking skin with a proven three-day jumpstart plan and four-week program. Science shows that sugar can seriously damage our health--and yet we're consuming more of it every year. Not only does excess sugar make us sick, overweight, and tired, it dulls skin and ages us well beyond our years. In The Sugar Detox, acclaimed nutritionist Brooke Alpert and skincare guru Patricia Farris have combined their expertise to offer an easy plan to slim your waistline, restore your energy, and rejuvenate your skin. The Sugar Detox will put you on the path to feeling--and looking--your absolute best, with:
- A proven three-day jumpstart plan to break your sugar addiction
- A four-week meal plan incorporating healthy sugars
- Shopping lists and satiating recipes
- Strategies for combating cravings and dining out
- Lists of key health-supporting superfoods
- Tips on surprising places where sugar lurks
Synopsis
Sugar is the new controlled substance. The average American consumes up to 31 pounds of sugar a year, and a diet high in sugar can cause diabetes, obesity, and many other health crises. Our excess intake of sugar, from the white stuff on the table to the high-fructose corn syrup hidden in packaged foods, is not only making us sick, it’s making us fat and aging our skin. Now, nutritionist Brooke Alpert and dermatologist Patricia Farris team up in this revolutionary program that helps get the sugar out of your diet to recapture youthful skin and good health.
Designed to limit the amount of extra blood sugar, slim your waistline, increase your energy levels, and improve your skin, this combined approach to nutrition and skin care will make you feel—and look—better than you ever have before. The secret? A three-day detox plan to get the sugar out of your system and get you on the path to eating and living the healthiest way possible.
Synopsis
The average American consumes more than 70 pounds of sugar each year, a damaging habit that causes weight gain, fatigue, and premature aging.
The Sugar Detox offers an easy program to stop cravings and eliminate the sugar from your diet for increased energy, a slimmer waistline, and youthful skin. The secret? A three-day detox to get the sugar out of your system and put you on the path to eating and living the healthiest way possible. This combined approach to skin care and nutrition will make you feeland lookbetter than ever.
About the Author
Brooke Alpert, MS, RD, CDN, is the founder of B Nutritious, a private nutrition counseling practice in New York City. Brooke was named as one of the new up and coming stars in the beauty and health field by W magazine has been featured and quoted extensively in television, newspapers, online media and international magazines, including Glamour, Shape, and Town and Country. A former advisor for Nivea, she is a member of the American Dietetic Association. She lives with her family in New York.
B-Nutritious.comPatricia Farris, MD, FAAD, is a clinical associate professor at Tulane University and recognized authority on anti-aging skin care. She has authored numerous scientific publications and given over 100 presentations on the science behind cosmeceuticals. Dr Farris is a sought after consultant for cosmetic companies and has worked with many including LOreal, Revlon and Neutrogena. A go-to expert, she has been quoted extensively in newspaper and magazine articles including O, Allure, Prevention, Elle, and the New York Times. Her private practice in the New Orleans area, Old Metairie Dermatology, specializes in non-invasive treatments for facial rejuvenation. DrPattiFarris.com