20 Terrifying Facts Food Companies Don't Want You to Know

You know all those fluorescent orange chips, and fruit shaped candy you stuff down your gullet aren't good for you. But what's mind-blowing is just how diabolical the people who sell you junk food are when it comes to getting you hooked.
20 Terrifying Facts Food Companies Don't Want You to Know

You know all those fluorescent orange chips, and fruit shaped candy you stuff down your gullet aren't good for you. But what's mind-blowing is just how diabolical the people who sell you junk food are when it comes to getting you hooked. We asked our readers to dig up facts that'll make you want to eat carrots for the rest of your life. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

Yogurt. it's part of a complete breakfast! It's good for you! Right? Well, it used to be, when it was just plain old yogurt. Maybe throw a little frui
SUBWAY'S advertised nutritional values do NOT include the condiments, dressing, or cheese you undoubtedly requested along with your sub. mans W sat Th
Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad has 1,310 calories, 93 grams of fat and 1,470 milligrams of sodium. Eating this salad is worse than eating a mediu
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Some Of The Largest Companies Have Used Brain Scans To Find That Our Brains React To Sugar & Cocaine In Very Similar Ways Sugorcaine CRACKED.COM
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Studies have shown that watching TV makes people unaware of how much they are eating. The average American will spend 9 years watching TV. CRACKED COM
ACCORDING TO OUTBACK'S OWN WEBSITE, THE BLOOMIN' ONIOND APPETIZER HAS ABOUT2, 000 CALORIES. OTHER SOURCES PUT IT CLOSE TO .000 CALORIES. THAT'S MORE
A Children's Food Campaign (CFC) survey found that some baby food has as much, if not more, saturated fats and sugar as junk food CRACKED.COM
Taco Bell's taco meat is only 36% beef. TACO BELL. TACO EELL 2507 The list of ingredients for Taco Bell's beef include water, soy lecithin, an anti-
Almost 80% of food commercials aired on Saturday morning children shows are for junk food. CRACKEDCON
GRAGKEDrOM OON The creamy middle of a Twinkie is not cream at all but mostly Crisco, which is vegetable shortening.
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HIGH-CARBOHYDRATE DIETS PRODUCE RESISTANCE TO THE HORMONE LEPTIN, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SATISFACTION YOU FEEL AFTER EATING, AND THE REDUCTION O
Dunkin Donuts sells 6. 4 million donuts per day $ They sell 2.3 billion per year
In 1999, several presidents and c.E.O.'s of America's largest food companies held a private meeting where they discussed ways to tackle the growing ob
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