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“Noting that people were getting on average 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day, the association urged Americans to cut back. Moderately active women should get no more than 5 teaspoons of sugar—”
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
“I have only one piece of advice for what it’s worth: if you don’t want to get into a war where things go wrong, where the wrong people sometimes get killed, where innocent people sometimes have to die, then stay the hell out of it in the first place.”
― Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
― Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
“On average, we consume 71 pounds of caloric sweeteners each year. That’s 22 teaspoons of sugar, per person, per day.”
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
“Any improvement to the nutritional profile of a product can in no way diminish its allure, and this has led to one of the industry’s most devious moves: lowering one bad boy ingredient like fat while quietly adding more sugar to keep people hooked.”
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
“As a culture, we’ve become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit idly by while the food companies do the very same thing. And we could make a claim that the toll taken on the public health by a poor diet rivals that taken by tobacco.”
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
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