For The Love of Food

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

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In the news, who hates safe healthy food? Surprisingly many people. Also, supermarket produce can be up to a year old, and Mickey D’s is writing health food policy in Britain. Weeee!

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Links of the week

• The new front in the culture wars: food <<Despite recent legislative victories (see video below), some political figures are using food to ignite culture wars–this is bad for everyone. (Washington Post)
• Yo-Yo Dieting Alters Genes Linked With Stress <<Dieting is known to predict weight gain and be overall unhelpful in improving health. A new study may help explain this on a molecular level. (Science Daily)
• ‘Fresh’ food may be a year old: Choice <<Did you know supermarket apples can be up to a year old? No wonder they taste like ass. (Sydney Morning Herald)
• McDonald’s and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy <<BS of the week. I’m a little late on this one, but did you hear that Pepsi and McDonald’s are involved in deciding healthy eating policies for the UK? I love capitalism, but this is a travesty. (The Guardian)
• Sarah Palin brings on the nutritional stupid. <<In more political idiocy I present to you: cookies for votes. Go team! (Weighty Matters)
• Local produce hard to find in winter? <<It’s no secret that CA is spoiled with excellent produce in the dead of winter. The Nutrition Diva has some tips for the less fortunate. (Nutrition Data)
• Ten Signs You’re Wasting Money on Food <<Great tips for saving some cash on your grocery bill. (Macheesmo)
• Ideal Body Mass Index Identified in New Study: Overweight and Obesity Associated With Increased Risk of Death <<Remember those reports a few months ago that being fat made you live longer? Yeah, those were wrong. (Science Daily)
• Broiled Tandoori Chicken <<I’ve always wanted to know how to make tandoori chicken without a tandoor oven. I’m so there. (Macheesmo)
• The Food, the bad, and the ugly <<US Senate finally passed something of value, an overhaul of food safety legislation. But some folks who know nothing about food safety think it’s a sign that the government wants to starve your babies. Or something. Watch and laugh. (The Daily Show)

What inspired you this week?