Salt,
Sugar, Fat
The
excessive amounts of sugar that we intake today compared to how rarely someone
would back a couple years ago really scares me. Not only sugar, but salt and
fat as well. All three are abused in different ways for the sake of the “bliss
point”, the point we’re you reach full satisfaction in a food. As a child I
remember walking into a grocery store and the first thing that always caught my
attention was soda art. I looked amazed and puzzled at the same time thinking ”why
they would spell out “Pepsi” or “Coca Cola” using their boxed cans?” It wasn’t
until I read Sugar, Sal, Fat by Micheal
Moss that I recall that moment and then learned that food companies fight for shelve
spaces to maximize profits. It’s really an eye opener and shows you the
mechanics of how a processed food company works and the intense knowledge you
gain from this book.
Although I swore never to become one of those people who
reads nutrition labels or count their macros daily, Michael Moss exposed
companies that abused sugar, salt, and fat and taught everyone the dangers with
solid concrete evidence of unhealthy food products that we should be aware of.
I thought I knew what eating healthy was, but this information adds to my
awareness of unhealthy snacks and eating habits. Reading this book along with
my research paper I’ve done for it, It will definitely help me look for better
ways to eat healthy and become aware of what foods to avoid.
I
enjoyed reading Sugar salt fat;
mainly because it opened my mind on what I eat now and how I should consider
being more careful of what I intake. Although some may say eat whatever you
want, because you only live once, chances are that you’ll be living a shorter
life if you go by that.
