For The Love of Food

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

This week learn what’s really stopping you from changing your habits, good reasons to eat mindLESSly, and how attitude impacts exercise.

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Links of the week

• The Biggest Reasons You Haven’t Changed Your Habits <<I LOVE these insights into how to develop new habits. If you have struggled with adopting new healthy behaviors, try to internalize these lessons. (Zen Habits)
• How to Succeed with a Growth Mindset <<I wrote about the importance of a growth mindset in my book, Foodist. This is an excellent description of why HOW you think can impact WHAT you can accomplish. (Mark’s Daily Apple)
• Should You Be Eating MindLESSly? <<While mindful eating is a wonderful and important skill to develop, it is delusional to think you can control your thoughts at every meal. Here’s a great reminder of the power of mindless eating, and how you can harness it to your advantage. (Stone Soup)
• Metabolic Effects of a Traditional Asian High-carbohydrate <<I love that Stephan Guyenet’s is honest and logical about the role of grains in a healthy diet, especially compared to so many “paleo” folks who spout nonsense. (Whole Health Source)
• Food Color Trumps Flavor <<Just a friendly reminder that your negative gut reactions to unfamiliar foods are irrational, albeit very human. (The Atlantic)
• Exercise and the Bounce Factor <<Are you well-endowed in the chestal region and struggling with exercise? You are not alone. (Yes, I made up the word “chestal”). (NY Times)
• WHY EXERCISE MAY NOT BE WORKING <<Again, it’s all about your attitude. (Dr. Weil)
• The World War II Campaign to Bring Organ Meats to the Dinner Table <<Reframing is often the secret to getting people to try new things. Struggling with picky eaters in your family? You many need a new approach. (The Atlantic)
• How Exercise May Protect Against Depression <<This is neat! But don’t forget that the mechanism of action doesn’t really matter to you. What matters is that exercise does protect against depression. (NY Times)
• Bar Tartine Cauliflower Salad Recipe <<This looks way better than it sounds. Nom nom nom. (101 Cookbooks)

What inspired you this week?