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Links of the week

• Precrastination: Worse Than Procrastination? <<I love discovering new psychological barriers that prevent us from doing things that we say we want to do, because that means we can systematically eliminate them and achieve our goals. Do you precrastinate? (The Atlantic)
• More on Why The Biggest Loser Contestants Are Doomed To Fail <<An utterly thorough list of all of the reasons that torturing yourself for weight loss à la The Biggest Loser is a horrible idea. (Weighty Matters)
• Why we buy organic and fair trade: Feelings matter <<As little as we like to admit it, our actions are driven primarily by our emotions, not by logic. We rationalize our decision after our emotions convince us. This is one of the reasons I always encourage you to find deeper reasons and values behind your eating habits. It makes it so much easier to stick to your guns when you actually care. (Treehugger)
• Sit Less, Live Longer? <<Wow. New research shows that more exercise and less sitting actually lengthens telomeres, in a sense reversing aging on a cellular level. That’s a big deal. (NY Times)
• Dental, nutrition experts call for radical rethink on free sugars intake <<What’s crazy here are the numbers. New research shows that we should be eating less than 5% of our calories as free (aka processed) sugars, with 0-3% being ideal for dental health. Your teeth are like a canary in a coal mine for overall body health, so this is significant. (ScienceDaily)
• Study: Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors May Prevent 80 Percent of Heart Attacks <<And only 1% of us are doing it. EIGHTY PERCENT. (Medline)
• Breast milk reveals a correlation between dietary fats and academic success <<This research is kind of amazing in that they found a correlation at all. The two take home messages are: 1) postnatal nutrition impacts the quality of breast milk and 2) may have long-term behavioral consequences. (ScienceDaily)
• Fruit and vegetable consumption could be as good for your mental as your physical health <<I’ve seen this first hand with my dad, who gained a completely new and far more positive outlook on life after trading in his fast food for Real Food. (ScienceDaily)
• Baked Tomato Eggs <<These look AMAZING! What a great use for the end-of-summer tomato crop. (Fed and Fit)

What inspired you this week?