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For The Love Of Food
by Darya Rose | May 4, 2012
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week we explore how vegetables make you prettier, a consensus on what’s killing us and why you don’t walk enough.
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Links of the week
- A reversal on carbs <<So now pretty much everyone (including the nutrition departments at Harvard and Tufts) agrees that fat isn’t bad and processed carbohydrates are the cause of all our problems (though I would add lack of veggies and exercise as well). Took long enough. (LA Times)
- Don’t Just Sit There <<In case you were wondering why I mentioned exercise above. (NY Times)
- Why We Don’t Walk Anymore (plus a Primal Health Challenge) <<I average about 14,000 steps per day according to my Fitbit and Fuelband. How about you? (Mark’s Daily Apple)
- Superfruit, or just a plain old Clark Kent fruit? <<Though I’ve been saying this for years, thank you LA Times for calling BS of the week on superfruit.
- Beauty might be a matter of dietary makeup <<This is not the first study I’ve seen saying that eating vegetables makes you prettier. And clearly it’s true, look at you guys! (LA Times)
- A family who eats together, eats better <<This has been shown over and over again. Dinner may sound trivial, but it’s really a big deal. (National Post)
- Mixing Weight Training and Aerobics <<One of the most interesting articles I’ve ever read on the pros and cons of doing cardio and strength training in the same day. (NY Times)
- Eating Fish, Chicken, Nuts May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease <<Diet is actually pretty important in preventing Alzheimer’s disease. If being thin doesn’t motivate you enough to eat well, this should. (ScienceDaily)
- Nutritionist’s Notebook: Estimating nutrient requirements <<It’s impossible to know exactly how much of each nutrient you need. Also, the way we got the vague numbers we do have is exceptionally creepy. (Food Politics)
- Beautiful chart tells you how to eat seasonal (in the U.K., at least) <<Cool, right? (Grist)
What inspired you this week?
I never understood why people are trying to blame one particular aspect of a diet instead of considering it as a whole. Saying that fat is not a problem and never was a problem is not true. And saying that carbohydrates as a whole are bad, whitout considering the GI of carbohydrates isn’t the best way to go.
Love, love, love the Food Politics article. It’s a message the whole country needs to hear.
Totally agree with ATN’s comment above as well. :o)
Ah, I forgot that my usual smiley undergoes a mutation here.
Darya, I’m glad you mentioned that resistance vs aerobics article. I’d heard about it but didn’t pursue it until you mentioned it favorably. It’s very pertinent to my current exercise program. Twice a week I’m doing strength training followed by aerobic HIIT on the treadmill – no reason to switch it up.
-Steve
I was intrigued as I am always am about the carbs article. I’ve seen friends time and time again go on high carb low-fat diets and not get the results or health improvements they are looking for. I stay away from a lot of carbs, or deep fried anything, but I never count my fat. My Tri’s were 39 and my good cholesterol 109 which is extremely good. I think more research still needs to be done. I am still carb sensitive and I don’t have any of the things that count for metabolic resistance. There is a missing piece not yet discovered regarding carbs because some people can eat them (my husband) and it matters not. Calorie for calorie, it makes a difference with me.