When the tobacco industry took over the processed food industry, the addiction business model was applied to processed foods.
They increased addictive substances while lowering prices, increased advertising, and targeted children.
I think it's working...
The body sequesters toxins, like seed oils, into the fat in order to protect the organs from lipid peroxidation.
This is why obesity skyrocketed even as sugar consumption and overall calorie intake went way down.
#Peatstr
I get really angry when I think of those tactics and how sugar and processed foods are socially accepted and even pushed to everyone everywhere. Infuriating
you left out the part where they got the govt to subsidize the whole thing with the people’s money.
Brutal
It’s incredibly disturbing, even when some people find out the truth they still don’t cut out these foods. Willingness to indulge in things that kill you is true addiction!
and big pharma is cheering
Ken Berry, MD's assertion aligns with research showing tobacco companies significantly influenced the processed food industry, contributing to hyper-palatable food formulations linked to obesity.
Here's the breakdown:
Tobacco Industry's Role in Processed Foods
1. Acquisitions & Market Dominance:
○ Philip Morris acquired Kraft (1988) and General Foods (1985), while R.J. Reynolds bought Nabisco (1985)156. These deals gave tobacco firms control over major brands like Oreo, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, and Lunchables126.
○ Strategic Diversification: Tobacco companies moved into food during the 1980s as smoking declined, using food as a "hedge" against regulatory risks59.
2. Hyper-Palatable Food Engineering:
○ "Bliss Point" Formulation: Tobacco-owned foods were designed to maximize cravings by combining fat, sodium, sugar, and additives134.
○ Legacy of Addictive Design: By 2018, 75% of branded foods were hyper-palatable, with former tobacco-owned products having slightly higher rates of engineered fat/sodium combinations56.
Link to Obesity
• Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Impact:
○ Studies associate UPFs (common in tobacco-owned brands) with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension78.
○ Example: A 9-year Spanish study found high UPF consumption increased overweight/obesity risk7.
• Industry Parallels:
○ Tactics Similar to Big Tobacco: Both industries emphasized personal responsibility, funded favorable research, and lobbied against regulations89.
○ Addiction-Like Consumption: UPFs are linked to compulsive eating, mirroring nicotine's addictive properties3410.
Conclusion: While direct causation between tobacco-owned foods and obesity requires further study, evidence shows tobacco companies systematically engineered hyper-palatable foods that dominate modern diets and correlate strongly with obesity trends157. Berry’s claim is substantiated by these documented corporate strategies and UPF health impacts.
Citations:
3. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-07/big-food-big-tobacco-and-ultra-processed-foods/
4. https://www.coswaycbt.co.uk/post/ultra-processed-food-trap
5. https://chirowithpt.com/2024/09/17/tobacco-and-processed-food/
7. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5787353/
8. https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/125/1/131/4847358
9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19298423/
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUx1JaQFYXE
Answer from Perplexity
I honestly don't know how people can live with themselves given their physical condition. Every movement must be hard.
That's addiction if it was so easy to stop alcohol, sugar, tobacco, overeating, opiate... nobody likes to be an addict and not many people are honest with there problems.
We all get healthy at the age we deserve. For me, it was 57. I wish nostr:nprofile1qqstzt0wugc7sklvr8e7fcl7ukyn63ym3ns4nmf2mnk0vqnz4l9x65qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6un9d3shjtnhd3m8xtnnwpskxegamescj was around 45 years ago.
Crazy how humans see this and still don’t see it 👀🤡
The food industry is as corrupt as the pharmaceutical industry. They are very powerful. Henry Kissinger said that if you control the food you control the masses. He was right 😉🤷♂️
The food industry is as corrupt as the pharmaceutical industry. They are very powerful. Henry Kissinger said that if you control the food you control the masses. He was right 😉🤷♂️
So many… I think society needs to be focus more on being rude. Can’t anyone in their circle fat shame, but also offer carnivore hope????
How do these people have sex?
similar moxel to other social networks
