Michael Moss Quotes

Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.

If you want to know if your food contains gluten, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, trans-fats or MSG, you simply read the ingredients listed on the label.

Many of the Prego sauces - whether cheesy, chunky or light - have one feature in common: The largest ingredient, after tomatoes, is sugar. A mere half-cup of Prego Traditional, for instance, has the equivalent of more than two teaspoons of sugar: as much as two-plus Oreo cookies.

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?

The fact is: America's obsession with meat and dairy has pretty much destroyed our sense of taste. The average burger and milkshake meal is so overloaded with fat, salt and sugar that it has numbed our taste buds to virtually anything else.

I like to eat and the only thing I've ever been addicted to in my life is sugar.

I would love to pretend I don't diet, but I work very hard. I stay active and eat very healthy. Anybody who says otherwise is either unhealthy or lying! I will admit that I'm addicted to sugar - licorice, Jujubees and jelly candies. And I actually love bran muffins!

Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really pretty much cut it out of my diet. Except for cupcakes. I like those.

We in America have gotten addicted to cheap food. The result of that is antibiotic-laden fish, foods that are bred to be portable.

People in America are addicted to sugar and to fat and to salt.

I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and sugar addictions and just ways of being in this world. It's very hard even for the most enlightened people at famous universities that are very wealthy to spend the money that it takes to feed the students something delicious.

I have a sweet tooth the size of Connecticut. It's a problem.

You look how much sugar is in a typical supermarket loaf of bread: it's a lot of sugar. It's just become one of those sugar delivery systems in our food economy.

I have a problem with sweets. I have an inability to eat a just little bit. It's almost like I can't even enjoy chocolate anymore - I have to stuff it into my brain, cram it into my ears.

There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food.

I am on a sugar-free diet. I used to be a sugar addict where I would eat gummy bears and candy when I lived in Europe.

I stopped eating processed sugar and carbohydrates.

I was a real sugar junkie. I don't think I realised I was actually fully addicted to it.

I've a very sweet tooth. Wish I didn't.

Read labels in your favorite products. Look for short lists of simple, less-processed ingredients with names you recognize as food. If you find some of the same ingredients in your cereal as your shampoo, maybe it's time to switch to something simpler.

If there's one thing that we need to avoid, all of us - young, old - it's processed, refined sugar. There's nothing good about it.

I am a sugar freak.

I have a sugar addiction - when I don't eat sugar, my body literally shakes. It's not something I'm proud of.

I've seen how they make the Chicken McNuggets and exactly what goes into them.