I Quit Sugar star Sarah Wilson reveals the next thing she’s giving up
What Sarah Wilson is giving up now: The businesswoman who made a fortune when she ‘quit sugar’ reveals what she’s giving up next
An Australian entrepreneur who made millions documenting her sugar-free lifestyle is now encouraging her fans to banish another kitchen staple: gas stoves.
Sarah Wilson, known for her 2012 best-selling book I Quit Sugar, revealed on Monday that she is the face of the Climate Council’s new ‘I Quit Gas’ campaign, which calls for a ban on the use of gas-powered appliances in the home.
The Climate Council is Australia’s leading climate change communications organization.
Posting on Instagram, the 49-year-old influencer shared a video of herself decrying the ‘dangers of cooking with gas’ and why it is necessary for information to circulate about the ‘nefarious’ gas industry.
Gas stoves have become a hot topic in Australia following a recent study in the US that found that pollutants from these appliances could increase the rate of childhood asthma.
Climate change activists also believe that removing gas appliances from homes would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus benefit the environment.
“I founded I Quit Sugar a decade ago to help people live healthier by eliminating processed sugar from their lives at a time when there was a fairly low level of public awareness about the links between sugar and chronic disease.” Sarah said in a public statement. statement.
“Now, I’m drinking gasoline, another dangerous substance that lurks in Australian homes,” he added.
Sarah, who sold her I Quit Sugar empire in 2018 and donated the proceeds to charity, also wrote on Instagram that she wants to help “save our precious life on this wild planet” by asking the Australian government to “provide interest-free loans.” to switch to all-electric appliances.”
I Quit Sugar author and entrepreneur Sarah Wilson, 49, (pictured) encourages her fans to remove gas stoves from their homes as part of a new campaign with the Australian Climate Council.
‘Big Gas is like Big Sugar: they have worked tirelessly to sell us the message that their product is ‘natural’ and healthy. It’s so far from the truth that it hurts,’ he wrote alongside the video.
speaking to the daily telegraph about the campaign, Sarah said: ‘Public awareness of time bombs in our homes is unacceptably low.’
“Just as Big Tobacco and Big Sugar have gone to great lengths to minimize the dangers of their products, the gas industry has spent millions trying to falsely market gas as ‘natural’, when in fact it is toxic and dangerous.” , said.
Posting to Instagram, the influencer shared a video of herself denouncing the ‘dangers of cooking with gas’ and why information about the ‘nefarious’ gas industry should circulate.
However, many experts believe that banning gas appliances could create an even worse outcome for the environment, depending on how the electricity is produced.
If electricity is produced through coal-fired plants, the switch to electricity could be worse for the environment, since coal produces more carbon dioxide emissions than natural gas.
A large-scale move into home appliances could also put an unmanageable amount of stress on power grids.
It has also been argued that disposing of massive amounts of gas appliances for landfills would also be detrimental to the environment.
The Climate Council has confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that Sarah was paid to promote their campaign.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph about the campaign, Sarah said: “Public awareness of time bombs in our homes is unacceptably low.”