Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by:
Michael Moss (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753541470 (0753541475)
Publish date: 2014-01-02
Publisher: WH Allen
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
There are perfectly disgusting ethics on display here, but it is an absolutely fascinating read. Divided into three sections (if you guessed 'salt,' 'sugar,' and 'fat,' you would be right), this account of the packaged food industry, from a New York Times reporter, is horrifying. The companies do...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss chronicles the food industry's quest for our dollars, at the cost of our health. It turns out that salt, sugar, and fat are not just mere flavorings that make our food taste good. They are key to creating crisp crackers, golden brown bread crusts, and...
How would you react if I told you it wasn’t your fault you’re fat? Not entirely, anyway. Not the way that the medical profession or society at large would have you believe. At least part of your spare tire — and the cause of the obesity epidemic generally — is because the processed food industry...
There are much better books about this same subject. The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, or anything by Michael Pollan are a million times better than this book. There were so many statistics and facts, and long descriptions of boring experiments. In be...
A tough but important read about the processed food industry and how it has made Americans dependent upon salt, sugar and fat. It was really discouraging to read about all of the techniques food companies employ to encourage people to continue buying their products through their use of ingredients a...
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