In article >,
Ranée at Arabian Knits > wrote:
>In article >,
> George > wrote:
>
>> It sure seems lots of folks no longer like or care about any
>> flavors/tastes except sugar and salt.
>
> The conspiracy theorist in me thinks it is deliberate. If you add
>enough sugar and salt to food, it is all that people will want. It
>takes a slow acclimatizing to it, though, as the quantities added to
>packaged foods now are jarring to people who aren't accustomed to it.

You've got some highly respected scientific backup for that theory. Dr.
David Kessler, a pediatrician and the former head of the FDA under Bush (41)
and Clinton, researched the issue when he was wondering "why the obesity
epidemic?". He adds "fat" to your "sugar and salt" and suggests that
many restaurant/pre-prep foods are layered with sugar-and-fat/
salt-and-fat to get and keep people hooked.

He's definitely not a woo-woo and he's not trying to sell some magic
bullet supplement or treatment. His book is "The End of Overeating".

Charlotte
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