Madeline’s Reviews > Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food > Status Update

“You’re a participant in an experiment you didn’t volunteer for. New substances are being tested on all of us all of the time to see which of them are best at extracting money. Can a synthetic emulsifier be used instead of an egg? Can a seed oil replace dairy fat? Can a bit of ethyl methyl glycodate be chucked in instead of a strawberry?”

Commerciogenic disease: a disease caused by the marketing and consumption of addictive substances.

“Diet related diseases come from the collision of some ancient genes with a new food ecosystem that is engineered to drive excess consumption and that we currently seem unable, or perhaps unwilling, to improve.”