Sugar Toxic

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Gary Taubes's The Case Against Sugar and NOT the original book.

An investigation into the root cause of the modern acne epidemic–fluoride–and how to remove it from your diet and lifestyle for clear, healthy skin

The Creole praline arrived in New Orleans with the migration of formerly enslaved people fleeing Louisiana plantations after the Civil War. Black women street vendors made a livelihood by selling a range of homemade foods, including pralines, to Black dockworkers and passersby. The praline offered a path to financial independence, and even its ingredients spoke of a history of Black ingenuity: an enslaved horticulturist played a key role in domesticating the pecan and creating the grafted tree that would form the basis of Louisiana's pecan orchards.