How long does it take to read Pure, White, and Deadly?
Pure, White, and Deadly by John Yudkin takes about 4 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 228 pages, about 62,700 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The classic expose; on the dangers of sugar, with a new introduction by Robert H. Lustig, the bestselling author of Fat Chance Scientist John Yudkin was the first to sound the alarm about the excess of sugar in the diet of modern Americans. His classic expose;, Pure, White, and Deadly, clearly and engagingly describes how sugar is damaging our bodies, why we eat so much of it, and what we can do to stop. He explores the ins and out of sugar, from the different types-is brown sugar really better than white?-to how it is hidden inside our everyday foods, and how it is damaging our health. In 1972, Yudkin was mostly ignored by the health industry and media, but the events of the last forty years have proven him spectacularly right. Yudkin's insights are even more important and relevant now, with today's record levels of obesity, than when they were first published. Brought up-to-date by childhood obesity expert Dr. Robert H. Lustig, this emphatic treatise on the hidden dangers of sugar is essential reading for anyone concerned about their health, the health of their children, and the wellbeing of modern society"--
Subjects: Physiological effect, Refined Carbohydrates, Sugars in human nutrition, Food, Sugar content, Sugar in the body