Hooked
by Michael Moss · first published 2021
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…epidemic is processed food consumption. Everyone that struggles with weight can tell you, this foods are just to addictive. For a good overview of how food industry makes it more addictive read a book Hooked by Michael Moss
on “Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets” ↗The Michael Moss book "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us"[1] really opened my eyes to how the cereal giants hooked kids and their parents on sugar. It's eerily similar to the tobacco companies manipulation of nicotine. It explains how manufacturers make…
on “Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy?” ↗…there's a relationship to the obesity epidemic You don't have to wonder. Read the inside story of that epidemic in this beautifully researched history by Michael Moss: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giats Hooked Us by Michael Moss https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15797397-salt-sugar-fat
on “Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status” ↗The article is basis a precis of the book refereed to at the end of the article: "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us" by Michael Moss [1]. It's well worth reading. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Sugar_Fat:_How_the_Food_G...
on “Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco” ↗…desires to make us buy more of their sugary slop. And now, we have medical companies, who also pay out heavily, trying to cash in even more. I highly suggest reading “ Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us“ by Michael Moss, and “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” by David A. Kessler, former head of the FDA.
on “Older Americans Are About to Lose a Lot of Weight” ↗If you want it from an industrial perspective, I suggest checking out “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us“ by Michael Moss, and “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” by David A. Kessler, former head of the FDA.
on “How a scientist is pushing to supersize research into ultra-processed foods” ↗…and nutrients that lessen the impact; in processed foods, fructose is shoveled in to mask manufacturing defects and make the food more "marketable" i.e. addictive. "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us" by Michael Moss [1] goes into greater detail how scientists tweak foods such as cereal to make it as addictive as possible, using whatever chemicals aren't outright banned. The very last chapter of…
on “Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks advances in California” ↗…preparation, and cooking. Instead, they minimise the time spent on food procurement by going to the supermarket, which is the ultimate expression of scalar capitalism. [1] Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us ISBN1400069807 (ISBN13: 9781400069804), Michael Moss, Random House, 2013
on “Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible” ↗