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For The Love Of Food
by Darya Rose | Apr 27, 2012
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
Why the Heart Attack Grill is the least of our worries, how to feel more full from your breakfast, and why we should all just get along.
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Links of the week
- The Heart Attack Grill Is Not The Problem <<Great insight by Yoni Freedhoff about why the sensationalist headlines on this story are missing the point. (Weighty Matters)
- Families That Eat Together May Be the Healthiest, New Evidence Confirms <<And just in case you’re skeptical about Yoni’s conclusion above, here’s some data. (ScienceDaily)
- Does the Ratio of Omega-6 Fats Really Matter? <<Props to Monica Reinagel for calling BS of the week on Harvard’s nutrition department. Tell ’em girl! (Nutrition Diva)
- Let’s put an end to ‘dietary tribalism’ <<One thing I love about Summer Tomato readers is we have a good representation of all dietary philosophies, from vegan to paleo. Love this piece reminding us that we have more in common than we think. (Grist)
- Want to Feel Fuller After Breakfast and Lunch? Toss Some Almonds in Your Cereal <<The analysis here is kind of lame, mainly because they credit “low GI” instead of the high-fat almond itself. But at any rate it is an interesting finding, and agrees with my personal experience. (The Atlantic)
- Obesity Epidemic Fueling Rise in Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women <<Few people realize the link between arthritis and diet. (ScienceDaily)
- Learn About and Solve Three Common Cooking Mistakes with These Recipe “Wheels of Misfortune” <<This handy info graphic is put out by America’s Test Kitchen, so it’s almost certainly all awesome advice. (Lifehacker)
- Gluten Intolerance (Video) <<I go back and forth on the whole “gluten is evil” bandwagon, but I like Dr. Weil’s perspective here.
- The “What the hell is wrong with you, you have a family, stop eating like this!” Restaurant <<Leave it to Conan to call it like it is. This slideshow is hilarious. (Team Coco)
- SHITAKE MUSHROOM + LENTIL ASIAN TACOS <<I’m not one to think tacos can be improved upon, but these look pretty damn good. (Sprouted Kitchen)
What inspired you this week?
Since a couple of the articles this week relate to eating at home, I wanted to put in a plug for slow cookers. I *love* to cook … but when I started graduate school/teaching, feeding myself started to feel like work, and I found myself hitting restaurants more often. Even in the Bay Area, eating out easily means bigger portions, more carbohydrates, and fewer vegetables than I’d choose otherwise. But my $40 slow cooker has changed that – I spend 10 minutes tossing together some meat or beans, herbs, and chopped veggies from our CSA box (CSA = another way to save time, getting fresh local veggies into my fridge when I can’t take a long stroll through the farmer’s market), and then take off for the day. When I return home, exhausted, there’s a hot, delicious stew waiting for me (and leftovers for the next day). I still cook (and eat out), but I save those activities for nights I can enjoy it.
I am not sure how hunger relates to GI or fat, or a multitude of other factors. But two weeks ago, I started eating only low GI and GL (glycemic load) food – basically, I stopped adding quinoa or rice to my lunch salad and replaced the calories with food like avocado, or beans or a fresh fruit. I’ve seen a huge difference in my feeling of hunger. I am no more craving for a snack at 5 pm.
Thanks for the weekly link roundup…always so inspiring! After reading some of these articles I feel especially lucky that my husband, son and I are able to sit down and eat 21 home-cooked-from-scratch meals together each week (mostly made from locally grown ingredients)…with the once-per-month date-night dinner out exception 🙂
I would be curious as to how RA correlates with dieting history/weight cycling against historically stable obese folks.