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Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Book • 2013
In this book, Michael Moss delves into the strategies used by major food companies to create products that are highly appealing and addictive.
He explores the concept of the 'bliss point,' where scientists calculate the optimal combination of sugar, fat, and salt to maximize consumer desire.
Moss also uncovers marketing techniques borrowed from the tobacco industry and reveals how these practices contribute to the obesity epidemic.
The book is based on meticulous research and interviews with industry insiders, providing a detailed and often unsettling look at the processed food industry's impact on public health.
He explores the concept of the 'bliss point,' where scientists calculate the optimal combination of sugar, fat, and salt to maximize consumer desire.
Moss also uncovers marketing techniques borrowed from the tobacco industry and reveals how these practices contribute to the obesity epidemic.
The book is based on meticulous research and interviews with industry insiders, providing a detailed and often unsettling look at the processed food industry's impact on public health.
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Mentioned in 15 episodes
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when discussing the food industry's manipulation of consumer preferences.


Mark Hyman

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Dr. Mark Hyman: Everything You're Eating Is Toxic, and Big Pharma Likes It That Way
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to understand the food industry's methods of creating addictive foods.


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The #1 Thing Stopping You From Losing Belly Fat - How To Lose It Effectively
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when discussing the food industry's creation of addictive compounds in food.


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Mark Hyman: How to Live Your Healthiest Life
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in the context of food companies engineering addictive foods.

Justin Mares

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when discussing the deliberate creation of highly addictive foods.


Mark Hyman

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Can You Really Live to 150 Years Old? | Dr. Mark Hyman
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as a book that discusses market researcher Howard Moskowitz's work.


Josh Clark

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Short Stuff: Bliss Point
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as a book that explores the impact of salt, sugar, and fat on health and addiction.


Mark Hyman

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14 "Foods" To Avoid For Better Health
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as a seminal book revealing how food companies manipulated public understanding of nutrition.

Arjun Singh

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RFK’s Beef With Big Food
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in the context of a meeting of fast food and processed food makers in the late 50s.


Mark Hyman

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America’s Food Supply Is Rigged—Here’s How to Opt Out | Vani Hari & Dr. Shebani Sethi
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when discussing the impact of ultra-processed foods on health and the economy.


Mark Hyman

Why the Last Thing You Should Ever Eat is Ultra Processed Foods: It Kills 11 Million People a Year
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as a book he read around the time his daughter was looking at colleges.

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when discussing the impact of ultra-processed foods on health.


Mark Hyman

Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Addictive
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as documenting the food industry's creation of addictive foods.


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in the context of how food companies use salt, sugar, and fat to create highly palatable but unhealthy foods.

Rip Esselstyn

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as a book that details the history of the processed food industry.

Marty Kendall

Weight Loss Plateaus and Lies About Insulin & Carbohydrates with Marty Kendall | EP 377
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as the best book on the subject of manipulating food to make it addictive.

Mark Bittman

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when discussing the food industry's manipulation of taste.


Mark Hyman

The 6 Foods You Should Never Eat
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when discussing the biochemicals released when we eat certain foods.


Dr. Stephen Cabral

1910: How to Uncover Hidden Hormone Imbalances With Dr. Stephen Cabral
Mentioned by Kea Perowit as a best-selling book discussing the food industry's use of salt, sugar, and fat to create addictive products.

Why Food Companies Make Unhealthy Products, And What We Can Do About It
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as a book detailing the food industry's tactics.


Mark Hyman

How To Overcome Sugar Addiction with Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper