How Processed Foods Hijacked Our Appetites?

Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to stop at just one cookie or why that bag of chips goes down faster than you anticipated? You’re not by yourself. In actuality, our contemporary food system has mastered temptation. Our appetites have been subtly and deftly taken over by processed foods. Designed to Be Irresistible Processed foods are designed, not just produced. The “bliss point”—that enchanted ratio of fat, salt, and sugar that activates our brain’s pleasure centers—is something that food scientists work for years to perfect. It is the same reward system that is activated by gambling or...