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 week I found a fantastic piece on the environmental impact of real meat versus fake meat (read this book if you’d like to learn more on this topic), another about how the honey market is flooded with a fake product, as well as two counter arguments in the great 8 glasses-a-day debate. Good readin’!
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Links of the week
- Steak or Veggie Burger: Which is Greener? <<Don’t you love smart people? I sure do. All vegetarians and omnivores alike should read this. (Mother Jones)
- Is Breakfast The Most Important Meal? Fact Vs. Myth<<My latest column at ZocDoc, and why I think breakfast is a habit worth cultivating.
- Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn’t Honey <<Holy hell. Great job by Food Safety News for calling BS of the week on all the fake honey flooding US markets. All give you 2 guesses where most of it is from.
- Really? The Claim: Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day to Protect the Kidneys <<Most experts say our need to drink more water is a myth, recent data suggests it may be beneficial after all. Personally I drink when I’m thirsty, which ends up to be about 2 liters a day. (New York Times)
- Don’t just sit around — it may increase your risk of cancer <<Apparently too much sitting doesn’t just make you fat and give you diabetes, it also may contribute to cancer. And yes, this is true even if you exercise regularly. (Los Angeles Times)
- The LA and New York Times Forget Something Important <<I was just going to ignore the obnoxious reporting that was all over the media this week about how banning sodas in schools is not effective for getting kids to drink less sugar, but thanks Yoni for explaining why. (Weighty Matters)
- Men and heavy people may outpace women and slim people in eating speed <<I cannot emphasize this enough. Are you sure you’re chewing your food? (Los Angeles Times)
- Cutting Boards 101 <<This is actually really interesting, despite the gratuitous use of exclamation points. (Plum and Radish)
- Food politics semantics: the meaning of “natural” <<An update on the word “natural” on nutrition and food labels. (Food Politics)
- Red Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Pecans <<Doesn’t this look yummy for fall? (Gluten-Free Goddess)
What inspired you this week?
As always, thanks for the list 🙂
As for cutting boards, I’m eying these lovelies for a long time now:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/grayworksdesign
Enjoyed the articles on water consumption. The eight glasses a day “rule” is so pervasive in the fitness community and it is repeated with such forcefulness that it’s tempting to accept it as gospel truth. On reflection, I think it’s kind of amusing that some people feel they need to consciously regulate activities such as drinking. “Oh, it’s 1pm, time for my bi-hourly glass of water.” The body is quite good at determining when it needs more fluids and will let you know in no uncertain terms. If you feel thirsty, have a drink. It’s really that simple!
Love the meat vs soy burger article. I eat a lot of vegetarian meals, but no soy. It also helps to not buy anything that comes in a box. BTW, fact or myth: should vegetarians supplement B12?
What inspired me this week?
This recipe – Poppy Seed-Crusted Butternut Squash with Kale and Pomegranates (I love this blog):
http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/
My son also made me buy a hubbard squash. I was skeptical, but it turned out great! Definitely not as sweet as delicata or butternut, but a very good texture and nutty flavor.