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“Some of the largest companies are now using brain scans to study how we react neurologically to certain foods, especially to sugar. They've discovered that the brain lights up for sugar the same way it does for cocaine...”

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I think the food giants are realizing that one of the big myths of them is that they can innovate.

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“You can walk through the grocery store and, while the brightly colored packaging and empty promises are still mesmerizing, you can see the products…

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“America had yet seen—that is, until the public caught on and the lean, ammonia-processed beef came to be known as “pink slime.”

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“For years, much of Kraft’s motivation in getting people to eat more of its convenience foods had come from the bosses at Philip Morris.”

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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…

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