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The 'natural' sugar in one glass of unsweetened fruit juice per day for a year is enough to add just over 2.5kg to your waistline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe more sugar we eat, the more we want. 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Because they are programmed to put themselves first, these people routinely disrupt and even destroy relationships and organisations, seemingly without consequence.\n\nDrawing on the latest science, bestselling author David Gillespie offers a detailed and practical guide to identifying the psychopath in your midst, then managing the behaviour to minimise the effect on your family, workplace, friendship group or community organisation.\n\n\nPraise for Taming Toxic People\n\n'This compelling study and guidebook is a must-have for anyone who has a pathologically difficult individual in their life.' Kim Williams\n\n'Gillespie is academically gifted, a linguist, excellent at most things he turns his mind to ... he's a polymath, an old-fashioned Renaissance man, who finds few things dull and everything else interesting.' Courier Mail\n\n'David Gillespie has done a tremendous service to the general public in writing this book.' 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