Master the Sugar-Free Diet (and Avoid the Energy Crash)
Turns out, eliminating sugar isn’t as simple as cutting out cake, cookies, and other sweet treats. “Many people tell me they don’t eat sugar, but they don’t realize there are so many foods that contain sugar, including some that seem healthy,” says Nicole Avena, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-author of Why Diets Fail.
- Nicole Avena, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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