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For The Love Of Food
by Darya Rose | May 20, 2011
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
I love Marion Nestle calling out the food industry on their ridiculous health claims, the emphasis on food culture in health and the launch of the new and awesome Gilt Taste.
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Links of the week
- Foods With Benefits? Oh please. <<Excellent, must read article about the BS the food industry is trying to pull on you. (Food Politics)
- The Mediterranean Diet: It’s Not Just About Food <<It’s about culture. (Huffington Post)
- Localizing Fruit, Vegetable Consumption Doesn’t Necessarily Solve Environmental, Health Issues, Study Suggests <Once again, if you read this carefully you’ll see it’s a problem with food culture, not a problem with the definition of “local.” (ScienceDaily)
- Fine Food and Fat: Are Chefs to Blame for Obesity? <<BS of the week. People are clearly confused about the causes and effects of obesity. If we have any chance of coming out of this health crisis, we’re going to have to embrace the food movement and reinstate a food culture based on quality over quantity. (Time)
- Sitting is Killing You <<We just talked about sedentary behavior last week, but here it is in visual form. (Obesity Panacea)
- Dairy Consumption Does Not Elevate Heart-Attack Risk, Study Suggests <<Not even with all that “evil” saturated fat. Skeptics: this was funded by the NIH, not the Dairy Council. (ScienceDaily)
- Exploding watermelons put spotlight on Chinese farming practices <<Still need reasons to avoid Chinese food imports? Eek. (Guardian)
- Eat a Protein-Rich Breakfast to Reduce Food Cravings, Prevent Overeating Later, Researcher Finds <<My two favorite scientific fields (nutrition and neuroscience) united at last. (ScienceDaily)
- People with diabetes more likely to get cancer <<In case you didn’t know, there are many reasons to avoid metabolic syndrome. (Medline)
- Skillet Chicken with Green Onions and Ramps <<I’m totally inspired by the new Gilt Taste site, and I’m going to try this recipe ASAP. Check out their anti-mission statement for a dose of inspiration. (Gilt Taste)
What inspired you this week?
On the high protein breakfast, just curious about how Belgian waffles with yogurt and syrup counts as a high protein breakfast???
Is this a serious question? Because that is definitely a high carb breakfast.
I just read the link you posted to ScienceDaily- and what they describe as the “protein-rich breakfast” option is a belgian waffle, syrup and yogurt as opposed to the “normal protein” breakfast of cereal and milk. I wanna believe the headline, I just wondered if the study really supported the headline.
Yeah, good point. I’ve seen lots of studies supporting a higher protein breakfast helping with satiety, etc. Relatively higher (compared to the control) protein must help even in the context of a high carb breakfast, which is encouraging. So you’re right that this didn’t test a low carb breakfast, it’s just a relative comparison.
I agree with Becky. I thought exactly the same thing while reading that article. This does not sound like a high protein breakfast to me. Yogurt does have some protein, but syrup, probably close to none, and Belgian Waffle maybe some moderate amount from the eggs, milk and flour. If you want to eat a high protein breakfast, you can do much better than this!
totally.
The belgian waffle threw me too. I read most of the articles. The “standing” one I don’t buy into. Obesity is a lot more complicated. It’s not just about food. It’s entrenched in the culture and lasting results require a support system. I totally disagreed with the Times article (as you did) that chefs are making people fat. I find that most foodies are slim and those who really love good food, monitor their diets. Most obese people don’t eat fine food, or offals. They eat boxes and bags of something and their dinner in the car. I’m over generalizing, of course, but in my observations, my friends who are overweight do not cook; they purchase junk. They don’t get their calories from bacon and rib eyes. I am so frustrated with the whole obesity mess, which is why I never miss your posts.