• The Talk The Food Industry Couldn’t Bear To Hear <<Even as someone who spends little time thinking about how food is marketed to children, I found this incredibly interesting, and more than a little horrifying. The video can also be found below. (Weight Matters)
• Chew on this: Memory helps drive appetite <<It’s astounding how much our psychology influences how we perceive what, and how much we eat. I find stuff like this fascinating. (LA Times)
• ‘Organic’ Leaves a Bad Taste in the Mouths of Some Consumers <<Another one on food psychology. Haters gonna hate. (ScienceDaily)
• Plastics Chemical BPA Found in Fetal Livers <<More data that BPA is worse for babies (and therefore pregnant women) than for older children and adults. Avoid BPA containing cans whenever possible. (Medline)
• Battling Brittle Bones With … Broccoli and Spinach? <<One of the first studies I’ve seen suggesting a mechanism by which vegetables protect bones. Still not proven (though there is a strong association), but this is interesting new data. (ScienceDaily)
• Fit Kids Finish First in the Classroom <<This totally explains why jocks are so smart and geeks are so fit. Oh wait…. Stereotypes be damned! (ScienceDaily)
• Nutrients in Fruits, Vegetables May Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Study <<Hopefully you guys know this already, but it’s worth repeating. (Medline)
• Learn to Properly Julienne an Onion and Keep Yourself From Crying <<Turns out that cooking is a lot more pleasant when you know how to do it right. (Lifehacker)
• Treat nutrition and cancer research cautiously: study <<A study proving that you shouldn’t put too much emphasis on a single study. You gotta love scientists. (Medline)
• Roasted Butternut Squash, Radicchio, and Onion <<I’ve seen several recipes lately pairing sweet winter squash with bitter greens like radicchio. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m going to. (Simply Recipes)

What inspired you this week?