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We’re well into the season for giving — which, of course, isn’t limited to just gifts and gratitude. This time of year, germs seem to be everywhere. And if you’re like me and do a bit of traveling during the holiday season, well, steering clear of all the nasties out there is straight up impossible. But what is possible is eating in a way that helps to bolster the ol’ immune system so that, even when I’m in seat 10B for a six-hour flight, and 10A is sniffling nonstop, I’ve got a shot at fighting off whatever she just sneezed all over me.…
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Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week LaCroix slapped with lawsuit, Roundup linked to bee deaths, and low-carb studies are bunk.
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Links of the week
- Think You Don’t Need A Flu Shot? Here Are 5 Reasons To Change Your Mind – 80,000 people died of the flu last year. I’m definitely making my entire family get a flu shot this time around. (NPR)
- What is the essence of pamplemousse? LaCroix still won’t tell us. – Those flavors sure don’t taste natural to me, but that doesn’t mean they’re necessarily bad. (Vox)
- How Dan Barber helped Sweetgreen get a new squash on its menu – Gosh I miss Sweetgreen. I’m not sure I’ve tried this Robin’s Koginut squash, but I’ve definitely had the honeynut from the same breeder and it is unreal. Yay for flavor! (Fast Company)
- Is Butter a Healthy Fat? – I use it. (Quick and Dirty Tips)
- Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked To Widespread Bee Deaths – Another reason to boycott Monsanto and buy organic. (NPR)
- Meta-Analysis Of Low-Carb Meta-Analyses Finds The Ones Most Excited About Low-Carb Diets Are Of “Critically Low Quality” – There’s nothing particularly special about low-carb diets, and the healthiest people in the world eat relatively high-carb (but unprocessed) diets. The science for virtually every weight loss diet is underwhelming, so the best path is still to try to eat as natural as you can and figure out what works best for yourself. (Weighty Matters)
- The Farm Bill Expired—Now What? – Gawd I’m sick of politics. Le sigh. (Mother Jones)
- Buying new running shoes? Forget minimalist or maximalist, and try on a bunch. – Some surprisingly practical advice. (Washington Post)
- We Slow as We Age, but May Not Need to Slow Too Much – Very cool. (NY Times)
- Coconut Red Lentil Soup Recipe – Yum yum yum yum yum. These flavors are so wonderful this time of year. (101 Cookbooks)
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 probiotics not always helpful, understanding your metabolism, and how to reverse muscle loss with age.
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
- What I learned about weight loss from spending a day inside a metabolic chamber – Worried that your metabolism is slow? Great explanation of how accurate metabolic rate is measured and what impacts it. (Vox)
- Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age – One of the most important things you can do to increase your length and quality of life. (NY Times)
- Probiotics ‘not as beneficial for gut health as previously thought’ – I would have said “more complex” than previously thought. Interesting new data here. (The Guardian)
- The Rise of the Zombie Small Businesses – A must read if you eat chicken regularly. (The Atlantic)
- Airport Security Trays Carry More Cold Germs Than Toilets, Study Finds – Eeeeewwwww. Wash your hands, folks. (NY Times)
- Quickly assessing the credibility of public experts – Not a bad guide. (Stephan Guyenet)
- Is Getting ‘Hangry’ Actually a Thing? – I think you and I both know the answer to this. (WSJ)
- Our Crisis of Heart – Wise words as always from Jack Kornfield. (Medium)
- The Bugs Are Coming, and They’ll Want More of Our Food – Awesome. (Not really). (NY Times)
- RICE NOODLES WITH NUOC CHAM, HERBS, & CRISPY TOFU – This looks like a keeper. (Alexandra’s Kitchen)
What inspired you this week?
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This is a post prepared under a contract funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and written on behalf of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network for use in CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware educational effort. Opinions on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of CDC. For our sponsored post policy, click here. Do you ever look back on different times in your life and immediately want to facepalm? Here’s one of those times for me: I remember back in college that whenever I had an annoying cold or bug of some kind, I’d immediately…
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