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Michael I. Goran, Ph.D., and Emily Ventura, Ph.D., M.P.H.

SUGARPROOF: Protect Your Family from the Hidden Dangers of Excess Sugar with Simple Everyday Fixes (Avery/Penguin Random House)

Dr. Michael I. Goran, Professor of Pediatrics and director of the program in Diabetes and Obesity at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and USC, is a thought leader in the field of childhood nutrition whose responses to the dangers of sugar use by infants and children has been widely recognized as unusually practical and courageous. His book SUGARPROOF, written with nutritionist Emily Ventura, is the definitive guide for parents who want to understand how sugar can be a hidden cause of their child’s problems—a cause that they can do something about. SUGARPROOF will open parents’ eyes and encourage them to take action—not by eliminating sugar all together, but by knowing where to look for it (70% of all foods and 80% of snacks for kids contain some kind of sugar), understanding why alternative sweeteners are no better, and offering both a turbo-charged seven-day plan and a more leisurely 30-day plan (for kids who hate change) for rightsizing the amount of sugar in their children’s diet.

Although most of us know that sugar can wreak havoc on adult bodies, many of the parents whose children participate in Dr. Goran’s research studies are shocked when they learn of their child’s test results. In fact, sugar’s damaging effects go further than anyone might have believed even a few years ago. Dr. Goran’s research and that of other top scientists in the field have recently shown that the amount of sugar children are commonly exposed to has destructive and possibly lasting effects on learning, memory, addictive tendencies, taste preference, appetite regulation, impulse control, and metabolism, starting at conception. The news is upsetting, but as SUGARPROOF shows, there is also room for plenty of hope. With the book’s help, parents can prevent, address, and in many cases reverse the effects of too much sugar. With its proven plans and tools, along with an appendix featuring delicious recipes with no added sugars, SUGARPROOF will help parents give their children a healthy new start in life.

Dr. Michael I. Goran

Dr. Emily Ventura

"How and what we feed our children is of the utmost importance. In this digestible book, Emily and Michael deftly illuminate the nature of sugar in our world today, and what role it should play in a child’s diet — it is essential reading for parents, educators, and eaters alike." —Alice Waters