Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week Big Food and EU eliminate plastics and waste, rubber and wood found in Tyson nuggets, and portion control still wins the weight loss game.
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Links of the week
- A coalition of giant brands is about to change how we shop forever, with a new zero-waste platform – This is amazing. I so hope it succeeds. (Fast Company)
- The End Of Plastic Cutlery, Plates And Straws: EU Market Says Goodbye To Single-Use Plastic Products – The EU is also making some big changes to cut back on plastic waste. Amen. (Forbes)
- Rubber and Wood in Chicken Nuggets: Why 120,000 Pounds Were Recalled – LOL I thought rubber and wood were what nuggets were made out of anyway. Seriously though, this is why you should avoid processed and industrial food. (NY Times)
- There’s Arsenic And Lead In Many Brands Of Fruit Juice. Should You Be Concerned? – It’s extra dangerous for children and pregnant women (aka developing nervous systems). (NPR)
- For Real Weight Control, Try Portion Control – Good reminder. (NY Times)
- Who decided we should all take 10,000 steps a day, anyway? – In case you were wondering. Personally I use it as a benchmark because personal experience has shown me that it’s effective. (Washington Post)
- Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying. – So interesting. (NY Times)
- Cleaning New York’s filthy harbor with one billion oysters – This makes me so happy. (CNN)
- First Mood, Then Weight (#BellLetsTalk) – Make sure you know your order of operations. (Weighty Matters)
- Beet, Fennel, & Radicchio Salad with Feta & Pine Nuts – Did I mention I love winter salads? (Yummy Beet)
What inspired you this week?
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Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. A few extra this week since I missed last week.
This week how to keep your heart 30 yrs younger, hunger induces risky eating behavior, and climate change makes oysters more dangerous.
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Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!
I also share links on Twitter @summertomato and the Summer Tomato Facebook page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you.
Links of the week
- Two Surprising Ways to Make Your Holidays Less Stressful – Maybe the best advice you’ll read all season. (Greater Good Magazine)
- What We Know About Diet and Weight Loss – There is actually some stuff we know, even if there’s still a lot we don’t. (NY Times)
- Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger – Exercise is so good in so many ways. Don’t find time, make time to do it. (NPR)
- Is Aerobic Exercise the Key to Successful Aging? – Keep in mind this is only one reason. Strength training and has a separate set of benefits you also need. (NY Times)
- What a Hungry Snail Reveals About YourGrocery Store Breakdowns – This must explain why dieters can so frequently be seen eating protein bars. (NY Times)
- How Pink Salt Took Over Millennial Kitchens – This article really annoys me since it overlooks the one reason I stopped cooking with sea salt and switched to Himalayan salts a few years ago: almost all sea salts contain nanoparticles of plastic, while the ancient salt reserves do not. (The Atlantic)
- As Climate Changes, Is Eating Raw Oysters Getting Riskier? – We touch on this in my recent podcast with Bill Marler about food safety. Personally I don’t eat Gulf oysters ever. (NPR)
- How to Prevent Nasty Stomach Bugs This Winter? More Bleach. – Also this. (NY Times)
- New Archive Reveals How the Food Industry Mimics Big Tobacco to Suppress Science, Shape Public Opinion – Wow. (Civil Eats)
- Already a Climate Change Leader, California Takes on Food Waste – Recent innovations in California are encouraging. (Civil Eats)
- A New Connection between the Gut and Brain – Interesting link between salt and stroke that skips the blood pressure connection. (Scientific American)
- Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Rules for School Lunches – Le sigh. (NY Times)
- Farro and White Bean Vegetable Soup – Perfect winter food. (Food Fitness Fresh Air)
What inspired you this week?
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Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week standing desks are overrated, the new EPA head is terrifying, and how mushrooms might save the bees.
Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us!
Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!
I also share links on Twitter @summertomato and the Summer Tomato Facebook page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you.
Links of the week
- Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Running Out of Excuses – Sadly it’s looking like we know less and less about psychology than we thought we did, as many hallmark studies are having trouble being replicated by other groups. This article does a nice job of explaining the issue and gives some reasons to be optimistic. (The Atlantic)
- Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Rollbacks Stumbled in Court. His Successor Is More Thorough. – Heads up for US voters. The EPA is being dramatically weakened from the inside out. I can’t imagine a worse time in history for this to happen. (NY Times)
- Does cutting carbs really help keep weight off? The big new diet study, explained. – Interesting update and balanced explanation of the status of the science. Of course, you personally should focus more on what works for you and generally minimize the processed foods you’re exposed to. (Vox)
- The spin instructor’s ‘love yourself’ approach didn’t motivate her. So what would? – There are different types of motivation. Which works best for you? (Washington Post)
- How the mushroom dream of a ‘long-haired hippie’ could help save the world’s bees – Very cool. I hope he’s right. (Seattle Times)
- Should you eat a low-gluten diet? – Interesting new data suggests that eating GF may help with digestion, but not because of the lack of gluten so much as the different kinds of fiber you’re eating. (ScienceDaily)
- How Meditation Might Help Your Winter Workouts – I’m not terribly surprised by this association, as mindfulness is one of the most important ingredients in making harder, value-based choices. (NY Times)
- Workers Fear Injury as Administration Clears Way for Faster Chicken Slaughter – It’s well known that increasing the speed of industrial meat processing lines is a huge risk factor for worker injury. It’s sad to see the progress made in the past few decades being undone. (Civil Eats)
- Let picky eaters play with their food, and don’t force ‘thank you’ tastes – The latest suggestion is to stop pushing your kids to be less picky, but instead focus on setting up a more positive dining experience. Sounds more pleasant for everyone. (Washington Post)
- Just Months of American Life Change the Microbiome – Fascinating. (The Atlantic)
- Are You Sitting Down? Standing Desks Are Overrated – A bit more nuance on the science here. (NY Times)
- TOMATO FENNEL & WHITE BEAN STEW – Some of my favorite flavors. (Dishing Up the Dirt)
What inspired you this week?
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Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week make family meals a reality, gut bacteria can prevent weight loss, and red meat wins in the context of a healthy diet.
Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us!
Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!
I also share links on Twitter @summertomato and the Summer Tomato Facebook page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you.
Links of the week
- How to Have Better Family Meals – Family meals are a wonderful goal, but reality can often get in the way. Some good, realistic tips on making it happen more frequently. (NY Times)
- Makeup of an individual’s gut bacteria may play role in weight loss – Preliminary research, but still a very interesting hypothesis of how gut bacteria may be influencing your ability to lose weight. What’s encouraging about this is that while it is difficult, gut bacteria can be changed with diet and other interventions. (ScienceDaily)
- Eat meat and reduce carbon emissions. How? Feed cattle on grass. – This is really important to remember. Properly raised cattle actually helps the CO2 problem, whereas industrially raised cattle is nearly as bad as the transportation industry. One more reason in a long list to choose pasture-raised meat. (Food Politics)
- Your Chicken’s Salmonella Problem Is Worse Than You Think – Speaking of industrial meat, if you eat chicken this is a must-read. Especially if you aren’t very careful about sourcing. (Mother Jones)
- Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems – Boom. Nice job team. (NY Times)
- Joël Robuchon, innovative French ‘cook of the century,’ dies at 73 – Such a legend. “For years he held the most Michelin stars in the world.” (Washington Post)
- Pizza Doesn’t Give You Acne—But What About Sugar? – Interesting read. Personally I think the science will catch up with dairy eventually as well. (The Atlantic)
- You might not have to give up (lean) red meat, after all – This write-up is pretty bad and the science is very short-term, but I’m happy to see that scientists are finally starting to compare two healthy (and comparable) diets next to each other before making sweeping conclusions about a single element (e.g. red meat). These researchers compared two groups on a Mediterranean diet, the only difference was the amount of meat they consumed. Check out what they found. (Washington Post)
- Premade Wraps and Salads Sold at Trader Joe’s, Walgreen’s, and Kroger Contaminated With Parasite – Romaine lettuce again. Gross. (Modern Farmer)
- SKILLET BAKED OATMEAL WITH SUMMER STONE FRUIT – Nom nom nom. (The Full Helping)
What inspired you this week?
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