This is also the beginning of what researchers call nutritionism, which i think its like taking over the us. This idea that the healthiness or unhealthiness of a product is related to whether or not it has a specific thing. It's something that is deliberately pushed by food companies so that they can put a nice label on their product. The really infamous one was that there used to be a little nutrition label on the front of the lucky charms box that said, lucky charms boosts immunity.
They hit the market in 1992. Three years later, they were the best-selling cookie in America. This week, Mike and Aubrey dive into the low-fat craze of the 1990s and sample the snack that became the symbol of its rise and fall.
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