Sep 1

Sep 1 The Profitable Science of Addiction

In his view, three decades had been lost, time that he and a lot of other smart scientists could have spent searching for ways to ease the industry’s addiction to salt, sugar, and fat.
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In the book “Sugar, Salt, Fat: How the Giants Hooked Us,” Michael Moss interviews top food execs and scientists who did research for big food companies that rule our food system. One of those interviews was with lead scientist for over a decade at Frito Lay in the 1970’s, Robert Lin.
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“I was employed at a time I couldn’t do much about it,” he told the author. “I feel so sorry for the public.”