Archive for April 9th, 2009
Secrets of the Food Industry
We’ve uncovered the truth about the products that line your supermarket’s shelves.
If you want some insight into the food industry, take a stroll through your grocery store’s candy aisle. There, on the labels of such products as Mike and Ike and Good & Plenty, you’ll find what perhaps is a surprising claim: “Fat free.” However, it’s completely true—these empty-calorie junk foods are almost 100 percent sugar and processed carbs.
You see, food manufacturers tailor their marketing strategies in keeping with our eating habits. For instance, it may be that the aforementioned candy makers are hoping you’ll equate “fat free” with “healthy” or “nonfattening”—so that you forget about all the sugar these products contain. It’s a classic bait and switch, with us on the receiving end with unwanted stomach fat.
And the candy aisle is just the start. Health experts have scoured the supermarket to find the secrets that food industry insiders don’t want you to know. The very ones that deep-pocketed manufacturers use to prey on your expectations, your wallet, and most important, your health. Call this a Health Alert to help you to beat Big Food at its own game—and eat healthier for life.