Salt
This type of food is where most of our sodium comes from today, not the salt shaker.
What are processed and restaurant foods?
This category of drinks is the single biggest source of added sugar in the American diet, especially for teenagers.
What are sugar-sweetened beverages?
These two main types of dietary fat are often contrasted, with one linked more to heart disease and the other found in foods like olive oil and fish.
What are saturated fat and unsaturated fat?
Health guidelines say a typical adult should stay under about this many milligrams of sodium per day.
What is 2,300 milligrams?
Food companies chase this “sweet spot” for sugar—the exact amount that makes a food taste best and keeps people coming back.
What is the bliss point?
In Salt Sugar Fat, this nutrient is described as even more powerful than sugar, with “no maximum bliss point.”
What is fat?
This soup company tried lowering sodium in its products, saw sales drop, and then put a lot of the salt back.
What is Campbell’s?
When eaten in large amounts over time, added sugar is linked to this chronic disease where the body struggles to control blood sugar.
What is Type 2 diabetes?
Diets high in saturated and trans fats raise your risk for this major cardiovascular outcome, a leading cause of death.
What is heart disease (or heart attack)?