Be Aware

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.