by Michael Moss
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...
Well-researched, amazingly informative, fascinating and disturbing.
I can honestly say I am one of the first people on the planet to have eaten a Chicken Mc Nugget. This is my dad a few years backHe is a mechanical engineer and a total genius. Before I was born my dad had to find a job to support his family (they already had my older sister). My parents wanted ...
All I can say is WOW!! This well researched, well written and very informative book was worth every minute I spent reading it. The amount of information caused me to slow down, read thoroughly and take notice at what was being said. I swear, I will NEVER look at food the same way again! Thank heaven...
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