Comments on: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:31:51 +0000

In reply to Isi. Yes, Isi, I remember that- that it's the most deceptive of the the three. It's all scary.

By: Isi

Isi — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:59:14 +0000

I also read this one, and wow, this scares you.
I particularly remember a sentence that said that you can add fat with no limits, because the more the product has, the more the brain responds at it by giving you “pleasure”.
In Spain we eat a lot of fresh products, but we see in the supermarket more and more processed food. I think our culture makes us purchase the things that you have to cook yourself, but still yogurs, breakfast cereals, cookies and so on are on the aisles.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:02:01 +0000

In reply to susan.

No, Susan, and that’s the problem! The author even tasted tested snack favorites like crackers and cookies and without the evil 3 they’re horrible. I guess the point is, we don’t have to give them up, but eating them in the quantities we do is the problem. And now, we’ve become used to high levels of all three. I’m trying to get back into baking my own sweets. Thankfully, salt is not a big one with me.

He specifically talked about yogurt and how before it became a processed food it was a health food so, no, plain Greek yogurt is great. It’s once you start adding fruit etc. that it gets bad fast.

It was a very educational book!

By: susan

susan — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:11:40 +0000

This book would likely make my head explode, but I like knowing the facts about grocery stuff. Like does Greek plain yogurt carry a ton of sugar? Or is yogurt in general bad? I too am a Diet Coke fiend but now I’m trying to go a month without it — and see if I feel any different. They say Aspartame is bad but it’s in so many things. Is anything sacred in this book — that actually tastes good?

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:09:46 +0000

Scary stuff. Worse than a horror novel!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:39:19 +0000

In reply to hillary roberts. It is a great reference resource! Mostly because it will make you queasy when you see how we've been manipulated for so long. Your timing will be perfect with starting the Paleo plan. At the very least, it's made me more aware and I'm trying to make my own food- not just buy it off the shelf. I'm not sure I could give up carbs, though.

By: hillary roberts

hillary roberts — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:17:20 +0000

i have been meaning to read this for a long time. I am going Paleo in Jan so I will move this to the top of my list.