I Quit Sugar: a book review

When I was offered the opportunity to review I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson, I thought, I've done that before, I could do it again. Little did I realize that when she says sugar free, she really means it -fruit included.

Before you completely tune out and say, "I can't do that, forget this book," allow me to explain a little further. Her detox program gets rid of all fructose, but that is just to recalibrate your body. The recalibration makes it easier to only eat the proper small amount our bodies were designed to need. Click here to read the first chapter.

As I read through this book, I thought, I could totally do this!...If I were single or didn't mind making separate meals for myself. I have enough difficulty getting one of the kids to eat and I don't want to take away all of her favorites.

I agreed with a lot of what the author said about needing to eat less sugar and the benefits to doing so. However, she suggests the long term limitation of grains and fruit more than I believe to be necessary.

What I like: I really like how the book is organized week by week and gives tips and suggestions on what to eat and how to help if you're craving sugar at each point. I also love that her recipes use similar ingredients, so there should be no or at least less waste.

What I thought could use improvement: There is a kid section, but other than lunchbox suggestions, I really didn't find it to be helpful. She does have a kid's cookbook available too, so maybe that's why. I also found it frustrating that I would be required to go to the health food store about 40 minutes away to find some of the ingredients.

Recipe: For my recipe test, I chose Green Eggs. For the most part I really liked the eggs, but due to the recipes general measurements, mine were a little lemon heavy. The boys liked the eggs well enough, but requested ketchup. I will definitely be making this recipe again, but with a few tweaks like a smaller lemon.

Overall: I would really like to try the detox program sometime in the future. I think it would be very interesting to see what I wanted to eat after recalibrating. The author makes it all seem very doable and there is an online community available for support (connect on facebook and twitter), so I feel like my chances of success would be high.

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. All opinions are my own.

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