FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Food prescribed as medicine, pesticides poison farmers, and GMO labels are coming

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.

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This week food prescribed as medicine, pesticides poison farmers, and GMO labels are coming.

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Links of the week

• Cod and ‘Immune Broth’: California Tests Food as Medicine – Wow, I would absolutely love to see more of this. Medicine is wonderful, but there is no doubt that a better nourished body will be better at healing itself. (NY Times)
• These Farmers Switched to Organic After Pesticides Made Their Families Sick – Turns out being healthy is more important than money sometimes. (Civil Eats)
• Trans Fats Should be Eliminated Worldwide by 2023, W.H.O. Says – So good to hear. This is also a good reminder that replacing animal products with plant products isn’t always an improvement health-wise. (NY Times)
• Salmonella sickens nearly three dozen people amid recall of more than 200 million eggs – TWO HUNDRED MILLION EGGS. FFS I’m tired of writing about food poisoning. (Washington Post)
• G.M.O. Foods Will Soon Require Labels. What Will the Labels Say? – Nice summary of what does and doesn’t qualify for labeling under the new rules. It’s more lax than I expected, especially as someone who cares about the environmental impact more than eating altered DNA (what a weird standard, right?). Still, it’s progress. (NY Times)
• It seems like every fruit and vegetable is being snack-ified. But are these chips healthy? – Is it better to buy alternative “veggie chips” than potato chips? I hope this is obvious to most longtime readers at this point, but it’s a nice reminder. (Washington Post)
• Who Are You Calling Normal? – Love this perspective on where your attributes and behavior stand compared to the population. Hint: It changes, so don’t freak out about it. (Scientific American)
• A Classic Indian Cookbook Returns, This Time for Americans – I had no idea that Salman Rushdie’s sister had a cult cookbook. Ordered obvs. (NY Times)
• The Yogi masters were right — meditation and breathing exercises can sharpen your mind – This headline is overly bold, not a ton can be concluded from this research. But it’s interesting and I hope it spurs further exploration. (ScienceDaily)
• Ultimate Loaded Hummus – When I was growing up I think “loaded” meant something different, but I love the idea of hummus as a meal. Yum. (Yummy Beet)

What inspired you this week?