Salt, Sugar, Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Michael Moss
About this listen
The number one New York Times best seller In China, for the first time, the people who weigh too much now outnumber those who weigh too little. In Mexico, the obesity rate has tripled in the past three decades. In the UK over 60 per cent of adults and 30 per cent of children are overweight, while the United States remains the most obese country in the world.
We are hooked on salt, sugar and fat. These three simple ingredients are used by the major food companies to achieve the greatest allure for the lowest possible cost. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss exposes the practices of some of the most recognisable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century. He takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the ‘bliss point’ of sugary drinks. He unearths marketing campaigns designed – in a technique adapted from the tobacco industry - to redirect concerns about the health risks of their products, and reveals how the makers of processed foods have chosen, time and again, to increase consumption and profits, while gambling with our health.
Are you ready for the truth about what’s in your shopping basket?
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©2013 Michael Moss (P)2014 Random House AudiobooksWhat listeners say about Salt, Sugar, Fat
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- Julie
- 12-12-2023
Wealth of information
Excellent well researched book about how processed food companies hook us and the tactics they use. Everyone should read this book and never buy the addictive frankenfoods that adorn the shelves of every supermarket and food store. It is all just processed garbage made to hook you to buy more. The author did miss a great opportunity to explore the fact that whole grains are not human food but animal food made to fatten them up. Before the 1930’s everyone knew to avoid grains, sugars and starches to stay trim and thin but we all lost that knowledge when processed food made it big time after that and started saying the opposite. Everyone needs to know that if the food you are buying has a label and more than 5 ingredients it is probably not food, just garbage. Real food doesn’t have labels other than an expiry date or a label that tells you what cut of meat it is.
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- Megasalby
- 12-06-2017
Thought-provoking
Michael Moss provides great insight into the forces that keep people addicted and unhealthy. An eye-opening book that gets you thinking about what you put in your trolley.
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- Kellie Davis
- 05-10-2019
Couldn’t put it down
Extremely informative
It has helped me completely turn away from processed foods...
I will be re-listening, as there was so much in it..
Well read, well said
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- Tracy Barnes
- 29-01-2018
A must read
The world should know how the people are being manipulated and used at the expense of their health and the building of greed.
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- Talos
- 22-10-2020
fantastic book
A fantastic read for anyone wanting a look into some of the science, psychology and marketing strategies used by the food companies. Also a real eye opener into a lot of things we have been taught to just assume
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- Jason
- 24-10-2021
Amazing!!!
what a book the author has gone into so much detail with years of research. I couldn't help but get mad listening to the tactics used by big companies to get us to eat their products. Highly recommended
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- charlotte weighell
- 31-03-2019
Fantastic read
Very interesting.
All gets down to bottom line and nothing gets in the way of it unfortunately.
Food politics
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- Simone B
- 14-04-2018
What an eye opener!
Amazing insight into the way consumers are manupulated and exploited. A must read. Fresh is best!
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