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#1 NYT bestselling author of Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize for some bad burgers, have keynote will travel. More at MossBooks.us

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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Farm to table Doritos. PepsiCo games the Trump administration www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/f... via @statnews.com
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Doritos as farm-to-table snacks? Big Food, under duress, gets creative
Doritos in the classic nacho cheese flavor have 27 ingredients, including not just familiar ones but also a number of additives and preservatives.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Some really good reader comments on this essay that suggests litigation might solve our trouble with convenience food. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/o...
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Opinion | Want a Better Food System? Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook. (Gift Article)
A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The bottomless Gazpacho (at least until November) and friends.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Another great ad from Kelligg’s showing how it weaves sugary foods into our childhood memories where they stay forever www.instagram.com/p/Dav3E3MksO9/
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kelloggsus on Instagram: "POV: You had your favorite cereal for breakfast at summer camp, and now you’re ready to take on the day ☀️🥣⛺"
POV: You had your favorite cereal for breakfast at summer camp, and now you’re ready to take on the day ☀️🥣⛺View all comments
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Times’s attorney David McCraw is a national treasure: Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The satirical Onion can barely keep up with the GOP.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Are you spending money on probiotics or any other gut biome thing touted as a fix? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/m...
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The Unknown Universe Inside Your Gut
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Another touted supplement crashes www.wired.com/story/what-a...
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Fish Oil Supplements May Not Help Stave Off Dementia After All
A large-scale clinical trial has shown that even long-term consumption of DHA—an omega-3 fatty acid found in abundance in oily fish—may not lead to improvements in cognitive function.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@wsj.com is doing some terrific, sharp reporting on Trump’s windfall
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Judge scraps SNAP junk food rules, dealing a blow to MAHA
Limits of soda and candy in the nation's largest anti-hunger program have been a cornerstone policy achievement of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Where Billionaires Summer, a Gardener Died in the Snow www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/r...
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Where Billionaires Summer, a Gardener Died in the Snow
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This ad campaign by Kelloggs is so revealing, in showing how the industry uses the power of childhood food memories to shape our eating habits www.instagram.com/p/DZVyVhClVL...
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Are you a health care provider or policy person grappling with the wild, crazy new world of AI in medicine? Will Moss (my youngest) has created a tool to help you sort it all out. | Michael Moss
Are you a health care provider or policy person grappling with the wild, crazy new world of AI in medicine? Will Moss (my youngest) has created a tool to help you sort it all out.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This reads like an Onion story: Author who warns of AI riddles his book with AI hallucinations www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...
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Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’?
Doctors and patients across social media are reporting a kind of emotional flattening while on GLP-1 drugs.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’?
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Is RFK Jr on his way out? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/o...
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Opinion | MAHA Propelled Kennedy to the White House. It May Become His Downfall.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Big Food squashes lawsuit seeking to hold it accountable for our trouble with food. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Kraft, other companies defeat test lawsuit over ultra-processed foods
Kraft , Mondelez , Coca-Cola and several other major food companies on Monday succeeded in winning the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused them of designing harmful "ultra-processed" foods addictive to children.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The reader comments on this are so interesting. “Stop Freaking Out About Seed Oils” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/o...
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Opinion | Stop Freaking Out About Seed Oils
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When Warren Buffett bought Kraft/Heinz, he deflected concern about people avoiding processed food for better health by saying there will always be lots of folks who need/want these products. Is that no longer true? Is there data on this? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/b...
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As Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
From one of the smartest thinkers on food that I know: The Real Reason Our Food System Is Broken open.substack.com/pub/drjessic...
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The Real Reason Our Food System Is Broken
Ingredient swaps won’t change a food system engineered to maximize profit, not health.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
4 in 10 people have fatty liver disease, and other things you might not know about sugar. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This Is Your Body on Sugar (Gift Article)
Excessive consumption of sugar can increase the risk of health problems. Here's what that looks like in the body.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Don’t let the b roll of me on my cello put you off. This is a quite good examination by PBS of some of the hijinks at play in your grocery store, including one of my favorites to parse: the outsized role that tobacco played in creating icons like Lunchables. www.instagram.com/reel/DLU4-1p...
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The contractor fixing our house is so good he gets the best lunches I can make, the least I can do.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Brad Lander Doesn’t Belong in Jail. Does He Belong in City Hall? Yes, says Ezra Klein www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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Opinion | Brad Lander Doesn’t Belong in Jail. Does He Belong in City Hall?
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A devastating take down of the man driving RFK Jr on processed food: Says his former boss:” He is an opportunist, peddling junk science to make millions.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
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The Dizzying Rise of MAHA Warrior Calley Means, RFK Jr.’s Right-Hand Man
One of the primary architects of the Make America Healthy Again takeover of the federal health apparatus, Means has risen to power in part on the strength of his personal narrative: he was a Big Food ...
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I’ve given this talk in London, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and now Bavaria where the kids are alright and bracing themselves for the onslaught of the American junk diet and its health consequences.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Congratulations to the @baltimorebanner.com in my wife’s hometown for this superb and important journalism www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Arizona governor vetoes GOP push to bar buying sodas with food stamps, calling it punitive, misguided and a distraction from real ways to improve public health. tucson.com/news/state-r...
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Gov. Hobbs vetoes Arizona's SNAP soda bill
Gov. Katie Hobbs rejected the proposed ban on food stamp recipients using their benefits to buy soda a week after Republican lawmakers brought Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new head
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
These are the people who grow our food, process our meat, care for our sick, repair our homes, pay huge amounts into Social Security knowing they’ll never get it back …… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers (Gift Article)
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Tempted by the wellness gurus pushing you to eat more protein? ⁦‪@alicegcallahan‬⁩ probes the science and finds it less than convincing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
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Is More Protein Better for You? Fact-Checking Claims on Social Media (Gift Article)
It’s a common refrain on social media. We fact-checked this and five other big protein claims circulating online.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Big Food has much bigger worries than RFK Jr’s focus on food dyes: snacking is down from what could be a perfect storm for them, the WSJ reports.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This month in history, my investigation of processed food hit the #1 NYTimes rankings for all nonfiction with these words: “In their hands, salt. sugar, and fat … are not nutrients as much as weapons — weapons they deploy to defeat competitors, certainly, but also to keep us coming back for more.”
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It’s always their attempted coverup that sinks pols: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A quarter century ago, Big Food met secretly to weigh its culpability in chronic disease and here’s my inside reporting on why any big reforms will be very difficult to pull off: www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/m...
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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food (Gift Article)
Inside the hyperengineered, savagely marketed, addiction-creating battle for American “stomach share.”
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
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What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration
After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Kennedy blames poor eating for measles death, refuted by local authorities: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
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Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
RFK Jr. promised transparency and and an ambitious effort to rid America of chronic disease. Instead, strife and a measles outbreak have dominated his first weeks as health secretary.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It’s worth reading the comments, for a look at the deep skepticism on things USDA. www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog/2/27/20...
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BIRD FLU AND THE USDA — The Lunatic Farmer
By now many of you may know that Sec. of Ag Brooke Rollins rolled out a 5-point plan to reduce egg prices yesterday.  It's pretty much the same old same old, except for…
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A fast-spreading mystery illness linked to bats has killed scores of people in Congo, with nearly half dying within 48 hours of showing symptoms, the WHO says
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Just in case you were thinking of opening a restaurant, this reminder of how fragile an enterprise that is.
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17-Year-Old Basement Sushi Restaurant Is Done in Tribeca — and More Closings
All the city’s shuttered restaurants in February
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
My sister was born in Fairbanks, before AK was a state. So maybe I’m an honorary local, ha.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Sorry, but this will always be Mt. Denali to me (skirting a storm off Windy Corner, 2021)
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Are seed oils bad for you? Statnews does a typically terrific job diagnosing the MAHA crusade and its anti-government anti-authority crush www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/a...
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What MAHA’s crusade against seed oils reveals about flaws in America’s food system
Fears about corn, canola, and similar oils have taken root amid rising concerns about links between industrial food processes and chronic disease.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Crashing sales spurs the biggest Food giant PepsiCo to sound alarm over consumers getting scared of its product.
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PepsiCo sounds alarm on major change in consumer behavior
The food and beverage giant is shining a light on a blossoming consumer trend that is impacting sales.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Steal this book: I was so excited when Salt Sugar Fat made the library listing as a bestseller. And it’s still free. Check it out!
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I know Costco for doing really smart things on food safety, so I pay attention to its other policies
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As D.E.I. Programs Come Under Attack, Companies Like Costco and Microsoft Forge Ahead (Gift Article)
As racial and gender equity programs come under attack, many companies have scaled back. But Costco, Microsoft and others have forged ahead.
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
‘‘Tis the season of diet hustlers who have the same script: “I was sick, found this miracle cure, which by divine grace I’m now called to sell to you, at a discount.”
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Law firms begin soliciting clients to sue Big Food for making us sick, citing new lawsuit that in turn cites my reporting in Salt Sugar Fat
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Unpacking the Groundbreaking Lawsuit Against Ultra-Processed Food Giants
In a landmark legal action filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, plaintiff Bryce Martinez has taken on major food corporations, | December 12, 2024
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Michael Moss @mossmichael.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
More bad news for the junk food industry: On top of an advertising ban, England is weighing a tax to encourage healthier eating options. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Calls for fast food tax to turn 'industry on its head'
There are calls to make healthy food cheaper and fast foods more expensive.
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