I Quit Sugar star Sarah Wilson reveals the next thing she's giving up trends now
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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 best-selling 2012 book I Quit Sugar, revealed on Monday she's the face of Climate Council's new 'I Quit Gas' campaign, which calls for a ban on the use of gas-powered appliance in the household.
The Climate Council is Australia's leading climate change communications organisation.
Posting to Instagram, the influencer, 49, shared a video of herself decrying the 'perils of cooking with gas' and why information about the 'nefarious' gas industry needs to be circulated.
Gas stoves has become a hot-button issue in Australia following a recent a recent US study that found contaminants from these appliances could increase the rate of childhood asthma.
Climate change activists also believe removing gas appliances from homes would reduce greenhouse emissions and therefore benefit the environment.
'I founded I Quit Sugar a decade ago to help people live healthier by cutting processed sugar out of their lives at a time when there was a pretty low level of public awareness of the links between sugar and chronic diseases,' Sarah said in a public statement.
'Now, I’m taking on gas, another dangerous substance lurking in Aussie
