Commentary
Food today has become a weapon, an offensive tool used against the best interests of individuals and their communities, including their nations. Don’t believe me? Just look at the class of food commonly referred to as processed food. (That’s all food prepared in factories and wrapped in plastic, and that contains ingredients you wouldn’t find in a normal home kitchen, such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, humectants, and preservatives.)
Processed food is designed by the companies that make it to be as addictive as possible. Of course, they don’t quite say that themselves. Instead, they use the term “hyper-palatability”—but it amounts to the same thing. Armies of highly paid researchers deliberately exploit the complicated neurobiology of food pleasure, including sensations such as sweetness, saltiness, crunch, and chew, to ensure that consumers reach the so-called “bliss point” and just can’t stop eating the scientists’ creations….