An honest and realistic guide to reducing sugar in your family's diet and improving their health for good. We are surrounded by sugar. Do your children beg you to buy unhealthy sugary snacks at the supermarket, and kick up a tantrum if you refuse? Perhaps you crave sweet treats, bread, pasta and sauce-laden food yourself. Do you experience lethargy and mood swings as a result of blood glucose spikes and dips? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, your family's health is at risk. Dr Val Wilson can help. Having lived with Type 1 diabetes for more than four decades, her relationship with sugar has at times been very unhealthy. But with the information in this book. How to Reduce Your Child's Sugar Intake is packed with recent scientific research and nutritional advice to help you understand addiction to sugar and conquer it. It provides meal plans and recipes, and includes journal exercises to help you break free from the mental, physical and emotional traps of old eating patterns. This book shows the way to a sustainable sugar-free lifestyle. Its simple and effective programme to quit sugar will enable you and your family to enjoy dramatically improved health, increased energy levels and weight loss.

The trouble with sugar --Starches and sugars -- Government action on sugar -- Sugar and health issues -- Alternatives to sugar -- Breaking the habit -- How much sugar does that contain? -- Planning low-sugar meals -- Recipes.