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IT’S impossible to avoid the bitter truth – sugar is bad for us, and just how bad, we’re only beginning to find out. Nicole Mowbray was one of those sugar junkies and in Sweet Nothing she tells us about the incredible effects on her body and moods once she kicked the habit.

Mowbray is the first to admit she isn’t a scientist, and some of the medical argument is a little shaky – a possible link between sugar consumption and cancer hasn’t been proved yet in scientific studies. She also insists she feels she was addicted to sugar, even though experts tell her that’s not possible. I’d also like to have seen more suggestions for meals you can eat since there’s so much you can’t, but none of this stopped me from being convinced cutting back on sugar is something we all definitely need to address.

Katie Archer