Originally Posted by
CyclingBK
Yes, a primary issue with processed foods like….canned soup, flavored box rice, processed meat, is the enormous amount of sodium added.
Yes, and did you know that we have the tobacco companies to thank for much of the unhealthy, addictive, ultra-processed foods on the shelves today?
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds owned several large food companies, including giants like Nabisco and Kraft-General Foods. A study compared these tobacco-owned company "foods" to foods from non-tobacco-owned companies, and discovered:
"[T]
obacco-owned foods were 80 percent more likely to contain potent combinations of refined carbs and sodium (salt) that made them hyper-palatable. Tobacco-owned brands were also 29 percent more likely to contain similarly potent combinations of fat and sodium."
Addiction is profitable -- and unhealthy.