These sort of articles about the food industrys controlling strategies to help us crave sugar and junk food should be on the school required reading list! Heres an excerpt from the Mercola article, but click on the link below to find out much more... You probably know that refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine, but sugar is not the sole culprit causing food addiction. Another part stems from the way food manufacturers combine various flavors and textures to produce truly addictive products. This science is used not just for chips, cookies, and sodas, but for ALL processed foods, from condiments to pasta sauce. Food scientist Steven Witherly has studied taste and addictive flavors for the last two decades. In his report: Why Humans Like Junk Food, he reveals what it is about a wide range of specific foods that stir our senses and taste buds. For example, the reason people love corn chips is because of the following combination of factors: Corn chips contain lots of taste-active solutes, including salt, sugar, MSG, and others Seasonings create a high salivation response The chips melt quickly in your mouth, enhancing dynamic contrast and evoked quality—two parameters that contribute to pleasurable sensations Corn chips are calorie dense Cheese proteins create pleasurable—and addictive—casomorphines when digested.... Makes me go back to the same ole same ole: cook from scratch then you know whats in your food!
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 08:42:42 +0000
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