![]() ![]() Most all beverages also contain added sugars or sweeteners. The use of added sugars is so pervasive that almost all processed foods contain added sugars. The book continues to chronicle the use of salt, sugar and fat in foods by Big Food Inc. Not surprisingly, our food-based obesity has continued to worsen. Since then, the food industry has added more salt, sugar and fat to their most popular, mass- marketed foods. ![]() ![]() Not one attendee spoke in favor of Big Food Inc’s role in helping fight obesity. The presentation, which was well researched, factually based and well-presented was shot-down immediately by an executive from General Mills. The book opens at the crime scene, in the spring of 1999, when the heads of the largest food companies came together to hear a unique presentation about the epidemic of obesity, and how unhealthy food ingredients were contributing to the cause. In the end, we all pay the ransom for eating unhealthy foods based on the addictive properties of salt, fat and sugar. In Salt Sugar Fat, Michael Moss exposes Big Food Inc’s success in getting the public addicted to unhealthy ingredients, and how the industry is built to deliver maximum food addiction and minimum nutrition. While some mysteries have unwilling victims – other victims are induced into the crime without knowing it. It reads like a research thriller, taking the reader through a nutritional crime scene. If you like to read mysteries, and great “who done it” stories, you will love the new book by Michael Moss. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us ![]()
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