Do you read food labels carefully? This means that you are also a food hacker to some extent. Food hacking is a loose term that comes from the English words food and hacking and means “revealing encrypted or hidden information about the properties of food.” Everyone knows that a hamburger with fries is an extremely unhealthy food , but then why does everyone eat it? Simply because no one has ever bothered to look at the exact numbers and facts behind this statement. Many people are scared by just the word “gluten”, but don’t know why. Quite a few people are looking for labels with the coveted words “0% cholesterol,” but go and ask them if this is really a healthier choice... Yuri Gichev, a candidate of medical sciences and the author of more than 10 books on nutrition, will introduce you to the basics of food hacking in a very fun and exciting way. From short stories you will learn why our brain chooses salty and sweet, why the Atkins diet is dangerous, is there a difference between white and brown sugar and many other nutrition secrets.