Big Pharma, Big Food, and the Poisoning of America
People are reflected in windows as they view a display contrasting processed and fresh food at Chipotle's Cultivate Festival in Kansas City, Mo., on July 23, 2016. Cultivate festivals encapsulate the food industry’s hottest marketing trend: crusading against Big Food. Charlie Riedel/AP
The always-colorful Russell Brand recently interviewed a man by the name of Calley Means, the founder of TrueMed, a company that promotes the importance of healthy eating and exercise. During the fascinating interview, Means made a rather startling comment: Processed food companies “contribute 11 times more money to nutritional research in the U.S. than the NIH [National Institutes of Health].”
John Mac Ghlionn
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John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
