[HN Gopher] Big Tobacco's Legacy: Pushing Hyperpalatable Foods i...
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       Big Tobacco's Legacy: Pushing Hyperpalatable Foods in America
        
       Author : c420
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2023-09-10 22:19 UTC (41 minutes ago)
        
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       | manuelabeledo wrote:
       | Anyone who has traveled to (and eaten at) Europe and, to a lesser
       | extent, South East Asia, would be able to instantly notice how
       | much more saltier and sweeter American foods are.
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       | This is noticeable even in foods that are expected to be the
       | same, e.g. Starbucks beverages, McDonalds burgers.
        
       | mschuster91 wrote:
       | The (IMHO) interesting question hasn't even been asked: why?
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       | Only thing I can imagine, at least from my experience, is that
       | smoking kills your taste buds and most importantly drastically
       | reduces your appetite (which is why so many people chonk up
       | while/after quitting smoking), so Big Tobacco pushed for foods
       | that were _so_ palatable you 'd even want to eat them right after
       | you smoked a cigarette.
        
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