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How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Random House
February 2014
On Sale: February 18, 2014
480 pages ISBN: 0812982193 EAN: 9780812982190 Kindle: B00985E3UG Paperback / e-Book
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Self-Help Diet
Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of
cheese and seventy pounds of sugar. Every day, we ingest
8,500 milligrams of salt, double the recommended amount,
almost none of which comes from the shakers on our table. It
comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1
trillion in annual sales. In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative
reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here. Featuring
examples from Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Frito-Lay,
Nestlé, Oreos, Capri Sun, and many more, Moss’s explosive,
empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, eye-opening
research. He takes us into labs where scientists calculate the “bliss
point” of sugary beverages, unearths marketing techniques
taken straight from tobacco company playbooks, and talks to
concerned insiders who make startling confessions. Just as millions of “heavy users” are addicted to salt,
sugar, and fat, so too are the companies that peddle them.
You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again.
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