Why eating vegetables is cheaper than eating at McDonald’s, there are worse things than white rice and the best reason I’ve ever heard to go to the gym.
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New Antibiotic Could Make Food Safer and Cows Healthier <<BS of the week. Just what we need, more antibiotics in our livestock. Oh yeah, and ones that can legally be in the dairy products we consume. Woohoo! (ScienceDaily)
Antioxidant Supplements Seem to Increase Mortality, Review Shows <<Unfortunately for those taking antioxidant supplements, this study was actually fairly well designed. The good news is it doesn’t increase mortality by much. Still, I avoid specialty vitamins. (ScienceDaily)
Stronger smell linked to smaller bites, vanilla-custard study says <<I was so excited by this headline but the study itself is so disappointing. Custard from a tube? I’m sure this maps just perfectly to everyday life. My hopes are up for some better follow up research though. (Los Angeles Times)
Umami Dearest <<I had no idea so many things could be done with miso. Miso butter? Yes please. (New York Times)
Beet, Egg & Potato Salad with Pickled Fennel and Capers <<This recipe is from another of the wonderful food writers I met at the Edible Institute in Santa Barbara, Kathy Erway. Just look at those perfectly boiled eggs! And I love the brownie points system. (Not Eating Out In New York)
Why you shouldn’t tweet and eat, fake chicken is not ethical and orange juice isn’t good for you.
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A Chicken Without Guilt <<BS of the week. I’m no supporter of industrial or inhumane animal farms, but to propose that a product made from Monsanto’s GMO soy beans is ethical is just ignorant. I’m super disappointed in Mark Bittman for this. (New York Times)
Reasons That Vitamin D May Matter <<Nothing revolutionary here, but if you need a primer on why myself and many others recommend vitamin D supplements for many people this is a decent explanation. (New York Times)
Food Is Important <<This is a cool story, well worth reading. (Michael Ruhlman)
Bad news about statins, Campbell’s vows to go BPA-free and instructions on how to troubleshoot bad eating habits.
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Links of the week
The Diabetes Dilemma for Statin Users <<Statins are known to be good for your heart, but they seem to come with an increased diabetes risk. Maybe relying on drugs for one problem and continuing to eat bad foods isn’t the best strategy? Or maybe the drugs themselves are causing the problem. Who knows. (New York Times)
Campbell’s Says It’s Heading BPA-Free <<There still aren’t any canned tomato products that are BPA-free, but at least Campbell’s soup is making that it’s goal. (TreeHugger)
Getting Fat but Staying Fit? <<Exercise is important for heart health, no doubt. But what bugs me about this kind of study is that they never address obesity’s link to cancer risk. Isn’t cancer important to consider as well? (New York Times)
How To Break A Cookie Habit <<Awesome video by Charles Duhigg of how to troubleshoot breaking a bad habit. (But annoying that the New York Times won’t let me embed it)
Video of Bi-Rite Creamery Cookbook! <<When I discovered Bi-Rite ice cream I never looked at Ben & Jerry’s again. It’s that good. And now they have a recipe book! And I’m in the promotion video filmed by the lovely White On Rice Couple.
Scary news about sleeping pills, some good advice about omega-3 fatty acids and the fabulous nutrient value of a winter meal.
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Links of the week
Why It’s So Important to Keep Moving <<This article presents a fascinating hypothesis on why sedentary behavior is so bad for you. (New York Times)
How to eat anything you want without gaining weight, why lard may be the new black and how some organic foods are poisoning you.
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Links of the week
How Do You Not Weigh 500 Pounds? <<I’m a little late on this post but still think it’s worth putting at the top of the list. I love these tips for eating what you love and not gaining weight, and use them all myself. I had only one complaint that I left in the comments. (Amateur Gourmet)
Who Killed Lard? <<Excellent story examining why lard went out of fashion (hint: it wasn’t for health reasons) and why it may be due for a comeback. (NPR)
Organic Food Sweetener May Be a Hidden Source of Dietary Arsenic <<I’ve always been suspicious of how many “healthy” foods contain brown rice syrup. I guess they think arsenic is healthy, which means I’m calling BS of the week on all the organic processed foods that are really just expensive junk food in disguise. (ScienceDaily)
Is Sugar Fattening? <<And just in case you’re suspicious of the last article, here’s all the gory details of why sugar isn’t good but also may not be as bad as everyone says. (Whole Health Source)
Health care professionals, Twitter, and the Abuse of Public Trust <<Do you believe health advice from people just because they have an MD? Would it surprise you to hear most doctors have less than 2 hours of nutrition training and no background in analyzing scientific data? (Weighty Matters)
How Exercise Fuels the Brain <<A really cool mechanism was uncovered of how exercise actually improves cognitive ability. (New York Times)
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