Friday, April 22, 2016

BOOK REVIEW: Salt, Sugar, Fat

I finished Michael Moss' Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us today.  This is a nonfiction journalistic piece describing the American processed food industry.  It dabbles into the history of the processed food industry from the, rather recent, founding of the industry all the way through to the conglomeration of these small companies into mega-corporations, and on to the increase in market demand and competition between these corporations concurrent with the rise of the Digital Age.
Moss' fundamental thesis is that the processed food industry is founded on producing quick yet nutritionally deficient food.  Relying on this food will kill us, but trying to change the formula of ready-made food renders it fundamentally inedible.  Therefore, our only hope as consumers is to avoid processed food as much as possible and to cook food from scratch whenever possible.
I feel this is a very important message that all people should know about the food in their local grocery store, and Moss delivers it in a clear, easy to comprehend manner.  My only qualms are that he at times would be better suited being a bit more concise; and by dividing the book into the three categories of Sugar, Fat, and Salt, he sometimes is a little repetitive  This doesn't stop me from highly recommending this book to anyone concerned about nutrition.
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