I will let you in on something I am not proud of.......many, many years ago, I was a pack-a-day smoker. I am not proud of it for a few reasons, but mostly because it showed my level of naivete` in my younger years. I knew on many levels smoking was bad for me, but it affected mostly me, and hey....that was my business, K??
But, then came the allegations of how 'Big Tobacco' was purposely using additives to addict us, and the men that sat on the boards of those companies also sat on the boards of the cancer hospitals, and were shareholders in the companies that produced the chemo drugs. Then, I got mad! Then, I quit! 20 years ago or so, but in the back of my mind is the fact that all of my younger years I smoked, and I have forever increased my risk of cancer.
So, now we are faced with information that is that huge once again....but this time it is 'Big Food'. If you haven't heard, the additives and flavorings are alleged to be there for the direct purpose of 'addicting' us to the food that is unhealthy for our bodies, and contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic. (Not to mention the rest of us)
You can 'google' this, but let me give you just one link I found on the subject:
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