Salt Sugar Fat
by Michael Moss
A Pulitzer-winning reporter inside the processed food industry: the bliss point, the engineering of craving, the executives who knew, and the marketing to children. It is investigative journalism that changes how you see a supermarket aisle, and it makes self-blame about overeating harder to sustain.
Read it if…
you want to understand why processed food is hard to stop eating.
Skip it if…
you want a diet plan; it is reportage.
Three things you will actually use
- Craving is engineered.
- The industry optimizes for consumption, not health.
- Knowledge changes the aisle.
Do this first
Read the ingredient panel of three foods you eat daily and count the added sugars.
Our verdict
Eye-opening journalism.
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