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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

njdoll
njdoll Posts: 106 Member
edited January 16 in Social Groups
Makes my skin crawl:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

I think my favorite lines were in regards to Lunchables: the most healthy item is the napkin;

and in regards to marketing Coke to the slums in Brazil: "These people need a lot of things, but they don’t need a Coke."

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  • Flowers4Julia
    Flowers4Julia Posts: 521 Member
    Brilliant article in my opinion...so many folks just need to "get this".....and they wonder why they don't lose weight or enjoy their foods.....
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    I shared this last week when I saw it. If anything reaffirmed my commitment to remove crap food from my life, this was it.
  • ichorica
    ichorica Posts: 475 Member
    I shared this last week when I saw it. If anything reaffirmed my commitment to remove crap food from my life, this was it.

    Exactly. Im so happy to be free of the crap food! Ugh and o think I used to be soo addicted to most of those mentioned growing up. My mom most definitely used to put Dr Pepper in my bottle as a kid. What a shame! But those unhealthy food habits will not be repeated with my son!
  • Yep. Read the article when it came out.

    Also thinking of getting his book - Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. I believe the article is a snapshot from the book.
  • njdoll
    njdoll Posts: 106 Member
    Whoops, missed it the first time it was posted Bostonwolf. I know the article was preaching to the choir but hopefully it opened up some other people's eyes in the process.

    I was in dairy aisle last night, grabbing a few things and I had to stop and look at the nutrition labels on some of those so-called yogurts. It was really astonishing how much sugar are in them. But then again, what can one expect with Oreos and yogurt? Super gross. Still, I bet many people associate Yoplait with diet and then can't understand why they aren't losing.
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