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Why You Can’t Stop Eating Bad Food — The Big Tobacco Connection
What if the food you’re eating was designed to keep you hooked?
In this eye-opening interview, we break down how major food companies — many with direct ties to Big Tobacco — helped engineer products that are harder to stop eating, less healthy, and more profitable than ever.
This isn’t just about junk food. It’s about how ingredients, flavors, and even textures have been carefully crafted to trigger cravings and keep you coming back for more.
Why does it feel so hard to stop eating certain foods?
Is it just willpower… or something much bigger?
We dig into…
The skinny
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