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Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these and other critical society-wide, health-related problems. With a combination of science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse...
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Universal Studios
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[2017]
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English
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This comedy spotlights the saga of sweet Pat Kramer's tragic tumble to international freakdom as she is afflicted with the heartbreak of shrinking and her valiant struggle to survive against overpowering odds that might threaten all humanity.
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2018
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English
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"Nitric oxide is one of the most important molecules produced in the human body. It controls and regulates most cellular functions...New discoveries in science and medicine reveal what goes wrong in people who can't make nitric oxide. We now know how to fix these basic problems with simple diet and lifestyle changes, without drug intervention".
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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
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A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Staff Favorite of 2023
The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.
Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for
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