{"id":147189,"date":"2025-06-10T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147189"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:15:54","slug":"junk-food-sugar-and-additives-the-dark-side-of-the-food-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147189","title":{"rendered":"Junk food, sugar and additives &#8211; The dark side of the food industry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/myv7yydtCKc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>40% of the global population is overweight or obese. Highly processed industrial foodstuffs are largely to blame. But food companies continue to focus on products that are addictive. Sugar is one of the strongest &#8220;drugs\u201d and can get consumers really hooked. Food giants know this only too well. That\u2019s why they use sugar, fats and flavor enhancers to encourage people to buy their products and boost their profits. The result: more and more people around the world are overweight or obese. Illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are becoming more prevalent. What can be done to change or even put a stop to the food industry\u2019s strategies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40% of the global population is overweight or obese. Highly processed industrial foodstuffs are largely to blame. But food companies continue to focus on products that are addictive. Sugar is one of the strongest &#8220;drugs\u201d and can get consumers really hooked. Food giants know this only too well. That\u2019s why they use sugar, fats and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[1449],"class_list":["post-147189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-documentary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/junk-food-sugar-and-additives-th.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83536,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=83536","url_meta":{"origin":147189,"position":0},"title":"Denise","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"24\/10\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/160972048 Denise follows the story of a young obese woman roaming the hills of Easter Island. 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