The cover story for the new National Geographic is sugar. Do you know why so much sugar is used in processed food formulations? According to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michael Moss in Salt, Sugar, Fat; salt and sugar serve three purposes: michaelmossbooks/ 1. They preserve food - to extend shelf life 2. They addict your brain to the taste. Our brains evolved to crave salty and sweet, since they indicated scarce and important resources in nature. While the world has changed, our unconscious brains still function as though we were hunter/gatherers. npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/26/172969363/how-the-food-industry-manipulates-taste-buds-with-salt-sugar-fat 3. Dissolved in fat, they cover what is really the overwhelming chemical taste of processed foods Sugar (and salt) are misused for deception and control - in many ways. ngm.nationalgeographic/2013/08/sugar/cohen-text
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:16:05 +0000
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