For The Love Of Food

by Darya Rose | Feb 15, 2013

For The Love of Food

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.

This week vitamin C fights colds for real, working out less may be more and why you’re eating more than you realize.

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Links of the week

Vitamin C Is Beneficial Against the Common Cold, Review Suggests <<Finally the science is consistently supporting something I’ve suspected for awhile: vitamin C does appear to help with colds. It seems it reduces cold incidence in stressed people, and shortens the duration in some cases. (ScienceDaily)
Confessions of a recovering diet food junkie <<This story is very much like my own, except that I lost 15 pounds when I stopped dieting. (Washington Post)
Why Four Workouts a Week May Be Better Than Six <<Interesting new study about how overexercising may have unintended negative consequences. Four workouts per week seems to be the happy medium, at least for busy older adults. (New York Times)
Dark Chocolate and Red Wine the Food of Love and Health <<No really, Valentine’s Day can be healthy. (ScienceDaily)
How Advertising Targets Our Children <<Have kids? This will make you want to unplug the TV for good. (New York Times)
Yet another food worry? Nanoparticles. <<Looks like the FDA is ignoring another mystery substance that is now in our foods and other products. Should be a fun ride. (Food Politics)
Infant Gut Microbiota Influenced by Cesarean Section and Breastfeeding Practices; May Impact Long-Term Health <<Very interesting new data on the importance of gut bacteria, and how they are shaped at birth and as an infant. (ScienceDaily)
What’s the Right Way to Season a Cast Iron Skillet? <<I learned a lot from this. Smart stuff. (Lifehacker)
egg salad with pickled celery and coarse dijon <<Egg salad is one of my favorite foods, and now I’m dying to try it with pickled celery. (smitten kitchen)
Calorie Detective <<Although I’m no fan of counting calories, I’m also not a fan of lying about them. Keep in mind that if you’re eating pre-made or packaged foods, you’re almost certainly eating more than you realize. (New York Times)

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Tags: advertising, calories, cast iron skillet, children, chocolate, colds, dieting, egg salad, Exercise, gut microbes, Health, Link Love, marketing, nanoparticles, News, red wine, vitamin C

2 Responses to “For The Love Of Food”

Josh Schroeder says:

February 15, 2013 at 11:36 am

Hi Darya,

So my wife just had a c-section last week (our first two children were not c-section). Since we can’t undo this decision (it was based on baby not being in head-down position, not mere convenience or vanity)… how can I ask this without being the freaking-out parent… should my wife start drinking kombucha tea, eat sauerkraut, should we bathe our baby in fermented cod liver oil? 😉

The article doesn’t say what the specific group of bacteria is which is lacking… so is it just completely out of our hands at this point? (On a semi-related note, have you read Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina?)

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Dee says:

February 16, 2013 at 4:02 am

From the article its interesting that “Infants born by cesarean delivery are at increased risk of asthma, obesity and type 1 diabetes” Well I’m a real cave woman, two kids childbirth through the birthcanal, no epidural (yes pain!)… But it passed and life goes on….

Egg salad – I’ll definitely try the pickled celery! Right now i love my recipe for egg salad (flat leaf parsley and a tiny tiny pinch of curry powder is a must) but there is always room to try something new

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