Biochemical Romance

What This Book Covers

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One - Bliss Point
3. Chapter Two - Soft Bread, Crunchy Fry
4. Chapter Three - Hot, Cheap, and Instant
5. Chapter Four - Happy Meals and Brain Chemistry
6. Chapter Five - This Isn’t Beef
7. Chapter Six - The Oil That Never Dies
8. Chapter Seven - Liquid Cheese and the Dairy Lie
9. Chapter Eight - French Fry Alchemy
10. Chapter Nine - Addicted at the Cellular Level
11. Chapter Ten - Fast Food Fatigue
12. Chapter Eleven - The New American Gut
13. Chapter Twelve - Brand Wars and Menu Madness
14. Chapter Thirteen - The Legal Drug Cartel
15. Chapter Fourteen - The End of Real Food

Excerpt

PROLOGUE I WASN’T HUNGRY. That’s the worst part. I didn’t go to McDonald’s with a craving. I didn’t need food. I wasn’t even thinking about it. I was just picking up dinner for my dad. And then I took a bite. It was a triple cheeseburger. Greasy. Hot. Barely wrapped. The bun was soft like a wet paper towel, and the cheese had already glued itself to the wrapper. I had to peel it like a bandage. First bite? Nothing. Second bite? My whole brain lit up like I had just snorted dopamine. By the third bite, I was in full goblin mode. Eyes darting, chewing faster, and looking around like I was being watched. I could feel it rewiring something. My body was still sitting in the chair, but my soul...