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For the Love of Food
by Darya Rose | Nov 22, 2013
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week skim milk spikes controversy, how to feed your gut microbiome and how your alarm clock impacts body weight.
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Links of the week
- The Controversial Life of Skim Milk <<Kids who drink skim milk don’t weigh less than those who drink whole milk, they weigh more. And more fun facts about hyper-processed dairy products. (The Atlantic)
- Want to Feed Your Microbiome? Eat More Veggies! <<People get so worried about the health of their guts these days. But in general, what’s good for you is what’s good for your intestinal bacteria. (The Kitchn)
- Mother’s Exercise May Boost Baby’s Brain <<The pic of the infant in an EEG cap alone is worth checking this one out. Regardless, there still seems to be a consist link between a mom-to-be’s exercise habits and her baby’s brain activity. (NY Times)
- Drinking After 40: Why Hangovers Hit Harder <<In case you were wondering. (WSJ)
- Consistent Bed, Wake Time Linked to Healthier Weight <<Having consistent sleeping and eating schedules has an often underestimated role in health and body weight. (ScienceDaily)
- Stress Eating: It’s More Complicated Than It Looks <<It seems you may be able to mitigate the effects of stress-induced eating with positive social interactions. (CommonHealth)
- Protein-Rich Breakfast Helps Curb Appetite Throughout the Morning <<Oh boy! Eggs and sausage are back. (ScienceDaily)
- German street artist is defacing fast food billboards with actual recipes <<I love this. (Grist)
- Drinking More Milk as a Teenager Does Not Lower Risk of Hip Fracture Later <<Milk does a body good. Except when it doesn’t. (ScienceDaily)
- A WARM SALAD OF ROASTED TURMERIC-CHILI CHICKPEAS + PEAR <<I love warm salads. And these chickpeas sound delicious. (Dolly and Oatmeal)
What inspired you this week?
The consistent bed time/wake time study is really thought-provoking: I find it especially interesting that consistent wake times are even more important than when you go to bed. I guess it goes to show you the effect that sleep has on our hormones, and the effect hormones have on our health. I wonder how ghrelin, specifically, (the hunger hormone that we always hear about that is affected by lack of sleep) is affected by sleep/wake times, or whether other hormones are having a greater effect on body fat accumulation in these circumstances.
I definitely think getting a good amount of sleep and having a consistent sleep/wake schedule is important for health, but I suspect that the correlation with body fat the researchers observed is likely to be mostly due to variations in self-control.
People that can resist the temptation to stay up later than usual to watch one more episode of Breaking Bad or resist the desire to hit the snooze bar one more time on mornings when they’re feeling tired are probably more likely to resist the temptation of a donut with their Dunkin’ Donuts coffee too. (I say this as someone that sometimes stays up later than he should to watch Breaking Bad and also eats more donuts than he should.)
Still, being more disciplined with your sleep/wake schedule may improve your self-control in the long term, making it easier for you to resist those tempting snacks.
That article on stress eating was food for thought….
Thanks for sharing.
Darya, Your posts are is awesome. Off topic I just wanted to share this link with you. How to Ripen Green Tomatoes :
http://www.midwestgardentips.com/green_tomatoes.html