Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week the health value of friendship, the trouble with the carbohydrate-insulin model, and the sad state of the EPA.
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Links of the week
- The Power of Positive People – The evidence is quite strong that the strength and quality of your social connections is as important to your health as exercise and nutrition. This is really a great read. (NY Times)
- Why the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity is probably wrong: A supplementary reply to Ebbeling and Ludwig’s JAMA article – A deep dive into the science behind the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity. You might be surprised. (Stephan Guyenet)
- Tens of Thousands of People Are About to Lose the Ability to Buy Fresh Food at Farmers Markets – This is an outrage. This wasn’t a policy decision, but another example of an important government contract given to a company that is completely unequipped to handle it and failing spectacularly. Ugh. (Modern Farmer)
- The EPA Is Hiding Proof That a Widely Used Chemical Causes Leukemia: Report – The EPA is being eroded from the inside out. Your health is at stake. (NY Mag)
- Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before pollution was regulated – In case you need a reminder of why a functioning EPA is important. (Business Insider)
- Produce is less healthy than it was 70 years ago. These farmers are trying to change that – I hope they succeed. (USA Today)
- Supermarkets Deploy Sausage Stations, Dad Jokes to Lure Male Shoppers – “…of more than 1,700 couples between 1992 and 2006, and found that most men who participated in grocery shopping reported higher levels of sexual satisfaction than men in couples where women did most of the work.” You can’t argue with science LOL. (WSJ)
- Environmentally minded Californians love to recycle — but it’s no longer doing any good – Womp womp. (LA Times)
- The Stories That Stop Us From Being Present & Taking Action – Great reminder that you’re the one who controls where your attention stays. (Zen Habits)
- Coffee Drinkers Are More Likely To Live Longer. Decaf May Do The Trick, Too – It’s a myth that avoiding coffee is healthier. (NPR)
- Mastering Chinese-Style Ribs at Home – Probably not the healthiest recipe I’ve ever shared, but how could I not share it? (NY Times)
What inspired you this week?
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Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
Soil is so hot right now, why and how to eat more seaweed, and new dangers of canned foods.
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
- A Grass-Roots Movement For Healthy Soil Spreads Among Farmers – This is fantastic news. Soil health is critical to both the health of the planet and the nutrition in the food we eat. I’m very happy to see it getting attention from farmers and even Big Ag. (NPR)
- A Seaweed Primer: How to Use Kelp, Nori, Wakame, and More – I’m a huge fan of sea vegetables, and I regularly encourage you to consume them here at ST. That said, I know it’s an ingredient that can be intimidating. This is a great primer with some serving suggestions for getting started. (Serious Eats)
- Can You Lose Weight by Eating More Often? – Yeah, no. Wise words as always from the Nutrition Diva. (Quick and Dirty Tips)
- How to Make a Weeknight Grain Bowl That Is Actually Delicious – Anything that can speed up dinner prep in a healthy and delicious way is welcome in my home. (NY Times)
- Food packaging could be negatively affecting nutrient absorption in your body – I avoid plastic-lined cans (or any plastic container for that matter), but this wasn’t one of the reasons on my list. (ScienceDaily)
- 10 Effortless Cooking Tips for the MasterChef Wannabe – From a Foodist Kitchen student who is taking it to the next level. So inspiring. (Not So Fast)
- Tick Tock: Your Body Clocks – A reminder of why you should work with your biological clocks instead of always fighting against them with an irregular schedule. (News In Health)
- Food allergy is linked to skin exposure and genetics – Interesting new research on what may be causing certain types of food allergies. (Eureka Alert)
- Binge-eating mice reveal obesity clues – Looks like junk food turns mice into binge eaters. Go figure. (Science Daily)
- Can Responsible Grazing Make Beef Climate-Neutral? – I hope to see more of this. (Civil Eats)
- One Soup – Three Ways – Brilliant. (Green Kitchen Stories)
What inspired you this week?
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Can a tomato change a child’s life? “Yes,” says artist and designer Ron Finley, also known as the Gangsta Gardener. Ron planted a curbside garden in the strip of soil in front of his house in LA. The city tried to shut it down. So Ron accidentally started a revolution.
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