If you grew up in the 1950s, ’60s, or ’70s, you might remember starting the day with a bowl of frosted cereal and a glass of orange juice, followed by a sandwich on soft white bread for lunch. At the time, packaging and advertisements emphasized that these foods were nutritionally balanced, vitamin-enriched, and backed by modern science. Many foods promoted as “healthy” in decades past rose to prominence during specific cultural moments: the post-World War II convenience boom, the rise of industrial food processing, and the low-fat movement of the 1970s and ’80s. In each ...Read More