yudkin's "pure, white, and deadly" (1972) was written for a lay readership. its intention was to summarise the evidence that the consumption of sugar was leading to a greatly increased incidence of coronary thrombosis; that it was certainly involved in dental caries, probably involved in obesity, diabetes and liver disease, and possibly involved in gout, dyspepsia and some cancers. the book drew on studies from yudkin's own department and other biochemical and epidemiological research in the uk and elsewhere. "pure, white and deadly" was extremely successful. it appeared as "sweet and dangerous" in the usa, and was translated into finnish, german, hungarian, italian, japanese and swedish. a revised and expanded edition was published in 1986.