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For The Love of Food
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This is the first chance I’ve had to read blogs in so long I almost forgot how fun it is! Every single one of these articles is worth reading (except the BS of the week, which is just to scowl at), but definitely don’t miss Marion Nestle’s piece on calories and the Slate article about vitamin supplements.
I included 2 recipes this time because I couldn’t choose.
And the first rule of Salad Club is: you always talk about Salad Club. Now if we could just get Brad Pitt to eat salad without a shirt on….
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Best Links of the Week
- How many extra calories cause weight gain? <<3,500 calories does add up to 1 lb of fat, but that doesn’t mean you can control your energy balance by doing math. Definitely read this post by Marion Nestle if you’re trying to lose weight. (Food Politics)
- The Vita Myth <<Not only are most vitamin supplements ineffective, some may also do harm. (Slate)
- Legumes and Whole Grains: Any Role in Diabetes? <<Yes, they probably help. This is just to show you that there is some evidence against an all meat diet. (Diabetic Mediterranean Diet Blog)
- Will Vegetarian Humans One Day ‘Emit’ More Carbon Dioxide & Methane Than Cows? <<Speaking of beans… this is really funny. (TreeHugger)
- The First Rule of Salad Club <<Need inspiration to eat healthier at work? Why not start a salad club? This is brilliant. (Geek’s Dream Girl)
- Local produce hard to find in winter? <<Never fear, the Nutrition Diva is here with suggestions. (Nutrition Data)
- Erik Chopin’s New Reality Show <<BS of the week. They just won’t stop with The Biggest Loser thing, will they? If one torturous TV show can’t cure him, maybe 2 will! Here’s how I feel about BL. (Diets In Review)
- 48% of Fast Food Soda Fountains Contain Bacteria that Grew in Feces <<This includes Diet Coke, sorry guys. I can’t imagine why this problem would be limited to soda from fast food chains either. (Tree Hugger)
- Chickpea, Lentil, and Vegetable Stew <<What Dana Treat makes when she doesn’t want to think. But I’m thinking about making this recipe now! (Dana Treat)
- Cioppino’s Not Cheapino, But Totally Worth It! <<Cioppino (no relation) is one of my favorite foods on earth, and Chef John’s awesome video recipe made me drool. (I crack myself up sometimes). (Food Wishes)
What inspired you this week?
Great links! I’ll explore. But I’m pretty sure my husband already emits a greater portion of methane than a prize cow at a State Fair.
Yay! Thanks for linking my Salad Club article! I’ll be posting a follow-up next week with a Starter’s Kit for people looking to get a Salad Club going in their offices.
Don’t worry if it starts out with only 2-3 people. That’s how ours was the first week. The more people started SEEING our salads, the more people we got joining. 🙂
I second the point about seeing is believing. People will usually crinkle their nose up at the thought of salad, but the second they see my lunch they’re jealous 😉
Thank you so much for the link Darya! I look forward to reading some of these articles.
Good collection of articles. I read the vitamin/supplement article in it’s entirety and I do agree that Multivitamins are trash…filled with worthless synthetics. However, I felt she paints a picture that “all” supplements are “bad” and leaves out some key factors like quality/source of the supplements…they’re is a huge difference between taking Centrum and high-quality vitamin D3. The vast majority of the supplements found at chain markets and Trader Joe’s are considered very low-grade sources (Trader’s carries them because they’re cheap). I have found that incorporating a few very specific high-grade supplements (vitamin D3, co-enzyme B12 [not derived from cyanocobalamin], etc.) can work wonders for active individuals (particularly herbivores) who consume these supplements with healthy local/organic/market fresh meals.
How do you know what is and isn’t high quality? Do you subscribe to ConsumerLabs?
ConsumerLabs? Nah, you meet the guys who grow the stuff. A super nice local fella named Randy owns this http://www.oregonswildharvest.com/ company and will happily show you around his farm and operation. His farm is only an hour drive from my house…that’s what I call sourcing your supplements! 😉
It is also beneficial to learn about the different derivatives of common supplements…ex. that cyanocobalamin is a poor source of B12 in comparison to methylcobalamin. Cyanocobalamin is a synthetic which is less easily absorbed, but more stable and cheaper to produce. Usually a good idea to stay away from synthetics…
I bow to your supplement knowledge. Word.