Movie - Fed Up

[runner2009]

The movie Fed Up is being shown in the US starting May 9th

Is this film about the food industry and its use of sugar being shown in other parts of the world.

Here is the trailer on YouTube

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Was that a deliberate pun?

 

[runner2009]

Yes. I hope it opens some eyes here

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thought it was because f and g are next to each other on the keyboard.

 

[runner2009]

thought it was because f and g are next to each other on the keyboard.

No sorry, keyboard error. I'm not that clever

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awww it would have been good

 

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Yes. I hope it opens some eyes here

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Wow!

 

[runner2009]

The whole premise for the film is that our food in the supermarkets have been engineered to add extra salt, fat and especially sugar so that it becomes irresistible for many of us to control - much in the same way tobacco added flavors and extra nicotine to enhance the addictive properties


Here is a quote from a reviewer -

"I understand that the government gives the overwhelming majority of agriculture subsidies to corn that gets turned into high fructose corn syrup while giving little subsidies to broccoli and Brussels sprouts. At the same time, the USDA recommends that half of our plate should be filled with fruits and vegetables and sugar should be used in moderation (without defining moderation). I know that foods that never need sugar added to them, like tomato sauce, have added sugars. I’ve spent time learning and educating others about food marketing to children. Personally, I have struggled my entire life with will power and believed my food issues are solely my own fault."

This is from an article off of Mother Natures Network

Before this movie, in 2013 the following book was

SALT SUGAR FAT: HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US:
There is another worth while Book on this subject about how the US Food Industry creates the sweetness "bliss point" with sugar added to food to make it irresistible using Food chemist to develop the products. The book is called 'Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us: by Pulitzer-Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times, Michael Moss.

Here are some interviews with him very enlightening :

And his book on Amazon UK http://goo.gl/UwpwKK

 

[runner2009]

Here is the Fed Up movies social media campaign to give up sugar for 10-days:

http://fedupmovie.com/fedupchallenge/


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