Posts Tagged ‘food preferences’

Sugar Packets at a Cafe in Japan

Advice to Avoid Sweetness: Does It Help?

January 6, 2025 — As an article of faith, it is easy to find advice to avoid sweetness in the foods we eat. Canada’s Food Guide, for instance, tells us that “regularly eating foods that taste sweet can lead to a preference for sweet foods.” This is a common presumption. It is one of the rationales we see for […]

Ultra-Processed Flatbread

Looking for Magic in GLP-1 to Defeat Ultra-Processed Foods

November 20, 2024 — With detailed reporting in New York Times Magazine, Tomas Weber suggests that GLP-1 medicines “turn consumers off ultra-processed foods” and threaten to “crush the junk-food business.” He has woven a great collection of anecdotes into an appealing narrative. For instance, Kathleen Kenney has lost more than 100 pounds on these advanced medicines. She tells a […]