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Podcast: Eat Move Think
Episode: Salt, Sugar, Fat and How Food Companies Affect What We Eat with Michael Moss
Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Moss (Salt Sugar Fat, Hooked) and Globe and Mail nutrition columnist Leslie Beck discuss snacking, processed food and addiction. What makes Oreos more habit-forming than nicotine? What prevented one well-meaning food company from limiting the amount of sugar in its products? Beck also explores Moss's tips for how to control your snacking, and how the pandemic has affected the way we're eating. (The second part of a two-part episode. Find the first part here.)Â Â Insights Competition among the processed food companies can be a powerful disincentive for change. "Behind the scenes, th...