It seems that in many cases a person becomes adicted to
whatever he or she eats...especially if it requires the body
to adapt to handle it...like sugar or salt or coffee or super
refined carbohydrates.

Once the body has adapted...it now craves the food.

The cigarette companies have been doing this knowingly for a
long time.. its no secret.   The food companies would be doing
this by accident in most cases...just because a person adapts
to the food, then subsequently craves it... and maybe they do
it on purpose in spots.. the fast food people have done some
things the grease they fry things in to make the food taste
better... and different... that would create cravings it
seems.

Its probably not sinister to any great degree... but it is no
doubt the cause of much obesity and health issues in the US.

Phil Scott

Does he then try to sell you something? Bingo! You found your answer

Yes they are, extra salt, fat, sugar, all things humans tend to crave.  A
report today shows correlation between fast food consumption and rate of
metabolic syndrom, which has all three as a major part of the foods.

I don't believe your infomercial scammer knows what they are, but my bet is
that industry has carefully identified ingredients that increase consumption
of their food products.  I imagine McDonalds has quite a program.   It may
help explain the 50 or 100 ingredients that typify "frankenfoods."

Iron Fortification in the Americas

Nutrition Reviews 1 July 2002, vol. 60, no. Supplement 1, pp. 22-25(4)

Hertrampf E.

Abstract:
Food fortification is an important complement to food-based approaches
to satisfy the nutritional needs of people in developing as well as
developed countries. The Pan American Health Organization identified
iron fortification of foods as one of the strategies for the control of
iron deficiency in the Americas. Currently, iron fortification of foods
is widely implemented in Central and South America. Wheat and maize,
which are staple foods in the region, are considered vehicles for
universal fortification. The addition of micronutrients to wheat flour
was first introduced in the United States in the 1940s. In Latin
America, Chile started with the fortification of wheat flour in the
early 1950s. During the 1960s, legislation regarding the addition of
iron and B vitamins similar to U.S. levels was proposed in a number of
Latin American countries; as a consequence some millers began to
fortify on a voluntary basis. Since the 1990s, however, all countries
in the region, except Argentina and Uruguay, introduced mandatory wheat
flour fortification. Gradually wheat flour fortification has been
implemented in the majority of Central America, South America, and the
Caribbean countries. Venezuela started a national fortification program
using precooked maize flour. Active efforts are under way to overcome
the technical limitations of fortifying nixtamalized (i.e., added)
maize flours commonly consumed in Mexico and Central America. Corn
flour has potent inhibitors of iron absorption, mainly phytic acid
(~550 mg/100 g), and the nixtamalization process adds calcium as a
carryover after boiling the corn with quicklime-calcium hydroxide.
There are also national and regional intervention programs, with high
coverage of the population, that include delivery of targeted
iron-fortified foods such as infant complementary foods, milk-based
fortified drinks, cereal-based fortified drinks, and biscuits, among
others. The majority of these programs are still aimed at preventing
malnutrition in vulnerable groups; nevertheless, all of them include
fortification with a vitamin-mineral premix that contains iron. In
addition, commercially iron-fortified processed foods are available in
the region. In this article, the main features of current iron
fortification practices in Latin America will be revisited.
Document Type: Research article ISSN: 0029-6643

Who loves ya.
Tom

Well, I know of some manipulations in food processing that might have such an
effect. They're not unique to the United States, however.

For example, there are peptide sequences in the milk protein casein, that if
properly isolated with selective digestion of the protein structure, yield shorter
peptides which have binding affinity at opioid receptors. One such casein-derived
protein is beta-casomorphin. There are others, as well. And similar peptides can be
derived from grain proteins such as gluten.

The link is no longer active, but I did have a full-text link to a Journal of Food
Technology paper which demonstrated methods for optimizing yield of opiate-active
peptides from raw milk *prior* to processing into cheese. Before that, it was an
incidental outcome of some fermentation processes.

This is a legal strategy, this maximization of  endorphin analogs, because the
substances aren't added. So, feeling a craving for "processed cheese food", or
whatever the euphemism is these days for that orange stuff sold in supermarkets, may
well be more than a craving. It may be an addiction.

Lar

It's no secret. They're putting MSG in everything, often under different
names. Even spraying crops with it. Enjoy
 ---------------------------------------------

Proof MSG Causes Obesity In Experimental Studies
http://www.spofamerica.com/.
5-29-4

The data is in and it is staggering: Scientists have been using the
common food additive Monosodium Glutamate to create fat rats and mice to
experiment on.
<snip>

John Erb, author of the book The Slow Poisoning of America believes that
MSG is the food industry's equivalent to Nicotine. "Studies have shown
that people who eat food laced with MSG eat more of it, and faster than
food that does not have this additive.

<snip>

"When ingested by human test subjects MSG directly affects the Pancreas
stimulating it to triple its standard output of insulin output. This
unnatural amount of insulin finds the sugar in the blood and converts it
to fat.

==============================================

What's Wrong with  Spraying Processed Free
Glutamic Acid (MSG) on Growing Crops?

http://www.msgfacts.net/msgsprayed-3.htm

Yes, all of them. GMO, you name it, all in the name of profit.

The sad thing is, people don't do anything to stop these companies
because Americans don't care about their health and are victims of
their own ignorance.

Try to tell someone about natural remedies and living healthy, then
people will fight you. People WANT to be sick, fat, and addicted to
fatty foods. I see it ALL THE TIME.

The point is, people are too stupid to realize they are eating junk. It
took a year for me to realize this, but people are idiots and it
doesn't surprise me when someone gets a disease. And I don't feel sorry
for them.

I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but enough is enough!

Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:18
London Evening Standard  www.thisislondon.com
NEW HEALTH ROW OVER EXTRAS ADDED TO CEREALS
A major debate over the safety of breakfast cereals was ignited today
after a health scare over added ingredients.

It came following a ban on sales by Kellogg's in Denmark of a string of
bestselling products - including Rice Krispies, Cornflakes and Special
K - amid concern over the quantity of added vitamins and minerals.

Danish food watchdogs say the products contain so much vitamin B6, B12,
folic acid, iron and calcium that consumers could "overdose".
Who loves ya.
Tom

Gosh, are you saying that adding vitamins causes addictions that induce
people to have to eat those foods, how shameful and thanks for bringing
this to our attention.

Yes, I know and my response was to that end, it contained references which
are familiar to him as I yanked his chain a bit.