Salt Sugar Fat

Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese (triple what we ate in 1970) and seventy pounds of sugar (about twenty-two teaspoons a day). We ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, and almost none of that comes from the shakers on our table. It comes from processed food. It is no wonder, then, that one in three adults, and one in five kids, is clinically obese. It is no wonder that twenty-six million Americans have diabetes, the processed food industry in the U.S. accounts for $1 trillion a year in sales, and the total economic cost of this health crisis is approaching $300 billion a year.

This week, a look at Salt Sugar Fat, a book by Michael Moss that shows how we got here.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Who will love me till the end, through thick and thin, she will always be my friend." – The Beatles, "Another Girl" (Lennon-McCartney)

   Processed Food Industry Disapproval Matrix by Michael Moss by fredwine