![]() ![]() We tend to blame our busy lives when we reach for the convenience foods (need two jobs to pay the bills or must answer BlackBerry at all times). Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler, have explored why we are addicted to eating bad food (basically because evolution has primed us to love salt, fat and sugar). The media have already made the connection between the current obesity crisis and the Western diet, and other books, such as The End of Overeating, by the former head of the U.S. Yeah, yeah, we know that there might be more salt than is good for you in a can of soup, and that soda pop contains so much sugar that some believe soft drinks may be the cigarettes of tomorrow. ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Michael Moss sics his reporting prowess on the big food industry in his book, revealing the dark side of the products at the supermarket.Īnd it isn't what we think it is. But that all those processed foods in your local supermarket are "perfectly engineered to compel overconsumption?" Now that's something to write a book about. That's not news to anyone who has ever opened a bag of chips or reached a second time (maybe a third?) for the ice cream. ![]()
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