This week I did my third I Quit Sugar book signing – at Dymocks in George Street, where the book is currently sitting at #2. Damn Jodi and her highly digestible fiction!
I’ve shared a few of the I Quit Sugar media stories recently, but here’s some more. In case you were wondering what to read this weekend!
1. From Marie Claire, “Back to Basics”, an overview of the Paleo movement and where sugar fits into this. I outline my position, thus:
Author and media commentator Sarah Wilson calls her sugar-free approach to food as “Paleo-ish” – and it’s gaining huge popularity. “Most people intuitively feel we’re on the wrong track with sugar-based eating,” she says. “But we’re exhausted by competing food messages. People just want something that makes sense.”
For Wilson, nothing made better sense than cutting out processed foods and eating more like her grandparents rather than her Stone Age ancestors. It’s not strict and aside from addressing her debilitating autoimmune disease, it freed her from the “blood sugar roller-coaster”.
“I was constantly worried, trying to resist sugar. I used to be resigned to feeling like crap every afternoon. Now, I realise how toxic sugar can be,” she says.
You can read the full article here.
2. Sophie Miura at Madison magazine, wrote this great rundown. I was pleased to note the nutritionists she consulted were very balanced in their thinking.
3. From Shape magazine, this “Bye Bye Sugar High”. It’s a straight extract from the book.
You can read the full article here.
And if you’re still without a copy of the book, you can buy it here. Yes, we do ship internationally!
Happy Friday xx
Congratulations on being #2 Sarah. You’ll notice that Jodi has a discount sticker on her books…and you do not.
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:55 am
Well spotted. Hey everyone…CC was my Year 8 English teacher!! I love that you’re still picking up on things in my life!
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I just bought my copy. Really inspiring, but I stuffed myself full of the chickpea bombs yesterday – so yum!
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:55 am
ye gads – how are your guts???
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March 25th, 2013 at 9:44 am
not great…:) lots of fibre?
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Congratulations on all your success, but more importantly, congratulations on raising awareness of the benefits of a sugar-free diet. I hope that as the message gets out more and more, and becomes more mainstream and is not thought of as faddish, then hopefully future generations will eat better than we currently do, more intuitively and in tune with nature. I can certainly see the day when the tide will turn against ‘big food’.
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Awesome coverage Sarah! You must be really pleased
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Congrats, I can’t wait to pick up my copy – it was number one in the Perth city Dymocks a few weeks back, will check on that today!
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I’m still waiting for my book – ordered 5 weeks ago. Have emailed. I’ll give it one more week then just go to the book shop…..
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March 23rd, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Hey Fi, email me – jo@sarahwilson.com.au and I’ll check into it for you.
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March 25th, 2013 at 11:11 am
Thanks Jo – Just emailed you.
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so happy to see this info/your book being spread far and wide!
cheers!
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Big congrats! I just have a question about the Marie Claire article, they’ve quoted you at the end as saying “Twenty-five times more animals are killed to produce a vegie diet than a diet with meat in it.” This sounds pretty bizarre, can anyone point me to where this figure has come from? I’d love to read more.
Thanks
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March 22nd, 2013 at 12:00 pm
I would like to know more about this statement too Nicola
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March 23rd, 2013 at 8:42 pm
Apparently it has something to do with mice??? And them getting poisoned?? And other animals that might get killed due to harvesting snakes etc.
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:51 am
an native animals killed to fell
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March 24th, 2013 at 4:14 pm
if you’re really interested, there’s a great book called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability, by Lierre Keith.
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:50 am
Read it. Love it.
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:57 am
Oh, and here’s the Australian research http://theconversation.com/ordering-the-vegetarian-meal-theres-more-animal-blood-on-your-hands-4659
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March 25th, 2013 at 9:12 am
Thanks Sarah & Claire, will have some reading ahead of me!
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Awesome coverage Sarah. Hope we see it in NZ soon.
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Hey Sarah, I was keen to pick up a copy of your book and a trip out of Hay to Griffith yesterday allowed me to make this much wanted purchase. I stayed in bed this morning and read your book cover to cover. When my daughter came home from school today she asked about the book and I said “Sas, this really makes sense”. I gave Saskia a quick outline of the book and told her she should read it. She took one look at “clean skin” and said “Mum, let’s get on it”. We will need a trip out of town or some online purchasing for some of the trickier ingredients but I know it will be worth it. Thanks Sarah and congratulations. You deserve every success, we think you rock!!
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:58 am
Love that you’re doing it together! x
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Congratulations! Also I love the nerd glasses in all the pics.
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… And there was that lovely article in ‘The Simple Things’ too … rock n roll!
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I would love to read a blog post that goes more into what you said in Marie Claire about a veg diet killing more animals! I’m very interested in the ethics of ways of eating.
I’m loving how much press IQS is getting! congrats Sarah!
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Congratulations, Sarah on achieving a best seller with a book showing us how to hate the things we love!! Brilliant. In casual conversations I have had with people I meet, I have noted that your name is becoming widely recognised, even more so than David Gillespie’s, (but don’t tell him I said so).
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Hi Sarah
I purchased your iqs books tonight and have read them both. I would say I am a chronic sugar addict and am totally scared to give it up. Going to give it a go – just very confused re breakfast options and portions!
Hope I get though week 1!!
Ani
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Hi Sarah. Listen to this… I saw your book at BigW on Friday. I wanted it but thought, ooh, I’ll wait till payday this week. Anyway, yesterday, I had to own it. so back I went. SOLD OUT! congratulations Sarah. going back today to see if they have restocked! Jane x
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March 25th, 2013 at 7:49 am
Yeah, it’s been selling out a bit…frustrating!
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Just purchased your book in my lunch break. I am now at work and secretly reading it at my desk – I cannot put it down!
Off on holiday tomorrow so I will devour your words whilst lazing on a beach.
Thank you!
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Can you please point me in the direction if there is a spot where the food portion control is for this iqs detox. Not sure what my breakdown of proteins carbs etc are necessary when on the plan. Cannot wait to try it out xxx
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