Mike

“The reason some of the unhealthiest foods are marketed is one of simple economics: Real food goes bad. 751 Fruits and vegetables are perishable. What shareholders want is a snack cake that lasts for weeks on the shelf.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“There have been calls for nearly a half century to ban the advertising of sugary cereals to children, which Harvard nutrition professor Jean Mayer referred to as “sugar-coated nothings.” 822 In a Senate hearing on nutrition education, he said, “Properly speaking, they ought to be called cereal-flavored candy, rather than sugar-covered cereals.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“This is consistent with the findings of the Deception and Fraud in the Diet Industry hearings in Congress that concluded most programs actively suppress facts about what to expect regarding chances of success. 913”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“In 1993, mental health counsellor Kay Sheppard published a revised version of her signature work, Food Addiction: The Body Knows. Sheppard drew from her experience working with food addicts and did not mince words. “Food addiction is a chronic, progressive and ultimately fatal disease,” she wrote. “It is chronic because the condition never goes away, progressive because the symptoms always get worse over time, and fatal because those who persist in the disease will die an early death due to its complications.”
― Vera Tarman, Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction