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appalachiablue

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7. Those 3 ingredients, salt, sugar & fat are among the most pleasurable
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 10:42 AM
Sep 2023

substances, along with other additives. They go directly to the brain's reward center which companies know well. All to drive you to crave, buy and eat more.

(The same was done with cigarettes years ago, over 1,000 chemicals were added to make them more pleasurable, addictive and damaging like vanilla, clove, mint, etc.) .. "Chemicals used in popular flavorings like clove, mint and vanilla that are added to cigarettes, e-liquids and other tobacco products can harm blood vessel cells that help keep the heart healthy, a new study shows..." https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/07/12/chemicals-used-to-flavor-tobacco-may-damage-blood-vessels
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(More from the WaPo Food article).. "The findings suggest that tobacco companies engineered processed foods to hit what is known as our “bliss” point and elicit cravings, said Ashley Gearhardt, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who studies food addiction..."

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