Diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic level; nearly 10% of children are believed to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The culprit is sugar-specifically added sugars-which food manufacturers sneak into almost everything we eat, from bread to cold cuts to yogurt, peanut butter, pizza, and even "health" foods and this sugar is at the root of these, and many other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. Until now, there's been no way to tell how much added sugar you're eating-or how to avoid it without sacrifice. But with the doable steps in this book, you'll be able to eat all your favorite foods and strip away unnecessary sugars to virtually replacing it -losing weight at a rate of up to one pound per day, while still enjoying the sweeter things in life. In April 2013 I decided to finally do without sugar. After a ten-weeks start-up program, I found life without the white crumbs getting better and my body feeling lighter (including my own - six pounds less on the ribs and a much better skin tone), so I decided to stick with it. Since then I have taken time to understand nutrition and diet as it relates to healthy living. My goal with this book is to give you all the information against sugar in one place, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the recipes so that you will not have to struggle now that you are ready to live sugar free.