Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week the case for a national food policy, a simple way to increase your commitment to exercise, and making veggies as good as chips.
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Links of the week
- How a national food policy could save millions of American lives <<If for some reason you missed this landmark piece by Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter on the importance of creating a US National Food Policy, you should remedy that immediately. (Washington Post)
- NOW FRENCH FRIES …CAUSE CANCER!!! <<Despite his lack in scientific training, I love Michael Ruhlman’s ability to consistently call BS on scientific arrogance with good ol’ fashioned common sense. (Ruhlman)
- To Exercise More, Sign a Contract <<A simple trick to help yourself commit to a more active lifestyle. (WSJ)
- Exercising but Gaining Weight <<Why should you exercise? Because being sedentary is the worst thing you can do for your health. If you’re relying on exercise for weight loss though, you may be disappointed. Diet trumps there. (NY Times)
- The Dreadful Inconvenience of Salad <<I’m curious what you guys thing of this? Would you be stoked to have salad vending machines? (The Atlantic)
- Preschoolers eat healthy when parents set rules about food, study finds <<Here’s a shocker. What impressed me though was how long the effects lasted. (ScienceDaily)
- The Quickstart Guide to Quitting a Bad Habit <<Excellent advice for breaking bad habits. (Zen Habits)
- 6 Ways to Make Vegetables Taste as Good as Potato Chips* <Everyone’s a winner! (Stone Soup)
- 5 Tips to Help You Start Cooking Again After Having a Baby <<I hear the baby excuse a lot. And it’s a valid one. But there’s a way back, and it doesn’t hurt to take some shortcuts. (The Kitchn)
- Chickpea Squash Tagine <<Tagine is one of my favorite foods in the world. And it’s perfect for cold weather. (Not Eating Out in New York)
What inspired you this week?