Sunday, February 16, 2014

Books for Binge-ers: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss

If you have ever wondered what the Lord meant when he said:

In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—

Read this book. 350 pages of business history mixed with nutritional science makes a great read. If you wonder why processed foods are so bad and getting worse, if you want to know why many Americans drink more soda than water, if you want to know why turned from the kitchen to the drive through, this book has the answers. 

I must admit an admiration to the men and women who have worked so hard to sell so much crap to so many. They are brilliant, and many refuse to eat the very foods they pioneered. My favorite story was the man who perfected Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. When he last tried his old favorite, years after retirement, he called the hot line to complain, "What the hell did you do to it!" Seems they took the cheese out. True story, read the ingredients, no cheese. They are allowed to label it Cheese because they put in all of the ingredients  of cheese, powdered whey, milk solids, etc.  Hmmmmmm, that sounds great!

I give it 5 stars if you are interested in nutrition, business or on a diet.

Oh, I'm down from 296 lbs to 275. Looking forward to that day when I will only be 233, at which point I will be Overweight instead of Obese! My long term goal is 195. They high end of Normal.

Next book will be "The Power of Habbit".

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you read Protein Power?

Amy Mak said...

I've seen this book and have wanted to check it out - now I definitely will! Yes, it's quite amazing how clever marketers are. My jaw drops at the brilliance. Good work with your fitness goals!!