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{{infobox book
| name             = The New Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat 
| image            = Sugar Busters!.jpg
| caption    = First edition
| author           = H. Leighton Steward, Sam S. Andrews, Morrison C. Bethea, and Luis A. Balart
| country          = 
| subject          = Dieting
| publisher        = Sugar Busters Llc
| pub_date         = 1996
| pages            = 388
| isbn             = 978-0-345-46958-8
| oclc             = 34737173
}}

The '''Sugar Busters''' diet is a diet focused on eliminating foods containing refined carbohydrates such as refined [[Chemistry:Sugar|sugar]], white flour, and white rice, as well as naturally occurring carbohydrates rating high on the [[Medicine:Glycemic index|glycemic index]] such as potatoes and carrots.<ref name=sugar_book>{{cite book
 | last = Steward
 | first = H. Leighton
 | title = The New Sugar Busters
 | date = December 2002
 | publisher = Ballantine Books
 | isbn = 978-0-345-45537-6
 | page = 368 pages
 |display-authors=0}}</ref><ref name=webmd>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.webmd.com/diet/sugar-busters-what-it-is
 | title = Sugar Busters! What It Is
 | author = Grayson, Charlotte E. 
 | accessdate = 2007-12-27
 | publisher = WebMD
 }}</ref>

Sugar Busters was created by H. Leighton Steward, Sam S. Andrews, Morrison C. Bethea, and Luis A. Balart.

The diet is classified as a fad diet, and though its results compare with those of other low-calorie diets, it brings an increased risk of heart disease.<ref name=fad>{{cite book |vauthors=Alters S, Schiff W|work=Essential Concepts for Healthy Living |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VegUiVbruBMC&pg=PA327 |date=22 February 2012 |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers |isbn=978-1-4496-3062-1 |page=327 |edition=Sixth |title=Chapter 10: Body Weight and Its Management}}</ref>

The original ''Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat'' was self-published by the authors in 1995 and became a local hit in their hometown of New Orleans, after which Ballantine Books republished the book nationally.  The Ballantine edition hit #1 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list in June 2001.<ref>Christine Gorman. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426205824/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101980706-139508,00.html "Sugar Busters!"], ''{{wipe|Time (magazine)}}'', June 24, 2001</ref>  An updated ''The New Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat'' was published in 2003.

== See also ==
* List of diets

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Low-carbohydrate diets]]



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