Salt, Sugar & Fat
My mom, Angie Fryer, was not only a fantastic gourmet cook, but also very concerned about the ways processed foods and the food industry had transformed and continued to transform diets and health in the United States and the wider world.
One of my mom’s favorite books was “Salt, Sugar and Fat” by Michael Moss. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, as Shelly continues to encourage us to move forward on our own journeys of health, exercise, and wellness.
This morning I checked and found I actually purchased “Salt, Sugar and Fat” on Audible 12 years ago, in 2013. I had listened to about five hours of it and quit.
So this is one of my new books to read / listen to / ingest for 2025.
I’ll be reporting in and sharing a full review when I finish the book! Meanwhile, I recommend you go ahead and check it out on either Kindle, Audible, or as a print book:
I am posting these thoughts and link here on “Heal Our Culture” because as we consider the ways we need to heal our culture and move away from things which are toxic and dangerous to us… individually and collectively: Our diets, our nutrition, and our “habits of health” are absolutely essential.
There is also an important intersection for this topic with “media literacy,” one of the main things I teach as a middle school classroom teacher now. One of my goals as an educator is to help students and learners of all ages become more savvy consumers, as well as creators of media, so we can be aware of the ways in which other media creators attempt to influence and manipulate us. I want all of us as human beings and citizens to have greater capacities to make make independent choices, which are beneficial individually and collectively.
If you’re interested in any of these topics, I invite you to subscribe to the Substack I maintain for the “Heal Our Culture” project: