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Hooked
- How Processed Food Became Addictive
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs
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Everyone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? And to what extent does the food industry know, or care, about these vulnerabilities? In Hooked, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss sets out to answer these questions and to find the true peril in our food.
Moss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover the shocking ways that food, in some cases, is even more addictive than alcohol, cigarettes and drugs. Our bodies are hardwired for sweets, so food giants have developed 56 types of sugar to add to their products and ways to exploit our evolutionary preference for fast, ready-to-eat foods. Moss goes on to show how the processed food industry - including major companies like Nestlé, Mars and Kellogg's - has not only tried to hide the addictiveness of food but to actually exploit it. As obesity rates continue to climb, manufacturers are now claiming to add ingredients that can effortlessly cure our compulsive eating habits.
A gripping account of the legal battles, insidious marketing campaigns and cutting-edge food science that have brought us to our current public health crisis, Hooked lays out all that the food industry is doing to exploit and deepen our addictions, and shows us why what we eat has never mattered more.
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- Kira Lambert
- 27-01-23
Fascinating and comprehensive
I’m honestly impressed at the breadth of Moss’s research. There were moments where I sensed an impending pitfall of common misinformation, only to be pleasantly surprised when it was adeptly handled. I found myself looking forward to the next moment I had to dive back in.
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- Thomas
- 18-03-21
Not quite a page turner, but very interesting
Very interesting and factual account of the (lack of) nutrition and reasons for in processed food. Definitely better off for reading - will change my eating going forward.
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- Simon Plumb
- 05-05-21
For the Health Conscious
If you need any reminding how bad process and junk food is especially if you have young children, then listen to this book. Much of the content is well known but it’s good to be reminded. A great listen
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- N Mak
- 23-10-22
Interested in what you eat this is a must
Loved this book so much. l know view processed food differently. Some things l knew before but a lot l did not know.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-04-21
We know this
I'm so glad when MD'S publish this stuff, but really it's not new, MD's just add the credentials that some need before listening.... I feel though that I have read this so many times before, as written by others who are also now publishing after funded research...when will we learn to just go back to basics rather than waiting to be told to
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- Bikerdyke
- 19-03-24
This is Salt, Sugar, Fat… plus convenience
I very much enjoyed Moss’ previous book, Salt, Sugar, Fat, and found it enlightening and interesting, with new information and investigation into the food industry.
If you’ve not read that book, then this might be just as engaging. However, if you have, then maybe not so, as there’s quite a bit of going over old ground here, with, in my opinion, not enough ‘new’ to merit a full book.
Scot Bric’s narration is as solid as ever and there’s lots of info if you’re new to this author
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