Tricks and Traps of Treats

JENNY LEE
Features Editor

It is no secret that the food industry suspiciously hides facts from the public; key ingredients coupled with their treacherous tactics are only a few things that they hide.

Countless food products have an overabundance of salt because studies by scientists from Australia and the Duke University Medical Center have shown that salt increases the susceptibility of the brain’s “pleasure center.” Lean meat is usually less juicy, so some manufacturers “enhance” it by injecting a liquid solution that raises the sodium level.

Genetically, humans are prone to love sugar, so companies also put excessive amounts of it into their products. Diet soda has fake sweeteners that causes weight gain, so beware of the word “diet,” or even “fruit” because most “fruit” drinks are stripped of healthy fruits and contain mostly sugar.

A study by Coca-Cola in 2005 also revealed that customers tend to move counterclockwise through supermarkets, from back to front, so food companies specifically purchase slots in stores that raises the chances of consumer purchases.

Suspicions only escalate when labels claiming “no trans fat!” because trans fats are exempt from being listed if they total to 0.49 grams or less. With food comes a legion of issues that only seem to pile upwards. These problems remind us that we should lessen our unhealthy intake and consume more organic substances that might be just as delectable and are much healthier.