Meanings
- informalrareuncountableThe fear of, or aversion to, sugar.
Don't let her succumb to complete carbophobia. Sugarphobia, potatophobia, pastaphobia, ricephobia and breadphobia are all OK, but make sure she eats her broccoli :-)
2002 September 18, Paul Chefurka, “Atkins with Calcium?”, in sci.med.nutrition (Usenet)2 more examples
"Over the last several decades, sugar has become a villain in the modern American diet. A general fear of sugar has led to a^([sic]) sugarphobia, which can lead to a dependency on chemical sweetener substitutes, which then creates a craving for "replacement foods.""
2005 June 11, cap2...@yahoo.com, “The Isle Of Light June 2005 Newsletter”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet)General sugar-bashing has led to "sugarphobia"—as Jukes calls it—and the unfounded fear that eating refined sugar causes many health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, anxiety, fatigue, depression, hyperactivity, and even criminal behavior.
1993, Another Page, A Practical Approach to Reading: A Workbook to Accompany the Multimedia Series, New York, N.Y.: Glencoe, →ISBN, page 200
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