Nightline: 'Your Brain is Hijacked by Food'

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:05:59 +0000

Sarah Knoploh

According to ABC’s July 27 “Nightline,” food is a drug, and food companies are pushers.

Host Martin Bashir raised the question, “And with 1 in 3 adults now clinically obese, it seems the message of eating less and exercising more is still struggling to get through. But is there something in the food we eat that may be adding to the problem?”

Correspondent Juju Chang thought so. “Greg Wells is a recovering addict. But his vice wasn’t heroin or meth. It was something available over the counter,” she said. “… the grocery store counter.”