I wanted to mention it, because I would highly recommend it. It's basically all about how western culture has come to revolve around certain types of food, solely for the benefit of the food giants making money. For example did you know that cheese is now in everything, because back in the 1980s there was a big move to low fat milk, and the big dairy companies needed to come up with a way to use the left over fat....?? Did you know that one of the big reasons sugar is in so many foods is that its cheaper than almost everything else, so the more sugar in a product, the cheaper it is to produce it?..... It started out a little bit dry, as it's so detailed, however in the end I couldn't put it down, as I was gob smacked ...... A must summer read for those of you interested in how we got to where we are....
http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/0812982193
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