For the Love of Food

by Darya Rose | May 29, 2015

For The Love of Food

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

This week junk science tricks lazy journalists, the real secret(s) of longevity, and nose-to-tail cooking for vegetarians.

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Links of the week

I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here’s How. <<Intentional junk science shows how easy it is to spread crappy nutrition information around the internet. (io9)
Want Great Longevity and Health? It Takes a Village <<I love everything about this article. It reveals a surprise food most strongly associated with longevity and how great health extends beyond diet and exercise. (WSJ)
Trying to Change a Habit? Beware These 5 Traps. <<You know you’ve done this. Being aware of how you tend to fool yourself can actually help you stop. (Gretchen Rubin)
Women find boost in ability and other benefits in strength training <<It’s true. Once you feel strong, you never want to go back. (LA Times)
The Place Where You Are <<A great reminder and lesson on mindfulness. (Zen Habits)
Dance Classes May Not Give Kids Enough Exercise <<I saw this and it made me sad. Sure there’s a lot of standing around in dance class, but is that the only reason to dance? (WSJ)
Vegetable Scraps Go Haute: How to Cook Root to Stalk <<Both financially and environmentally responsible, learn to cook with your “scraps.” (WSJ)
France is making it illegal for supermarkets to throw away edible food <<And France is taking it even farther by making it illegal for grocery stores to throw out edible food. Great idea. (Washington Post)
There’s really bad news for egg lovers <<Looks like the ramifications from that avian flu outbreak a few weeks ago are pretty serious. This is the second major egg event in the past few years (half billion eggs were recalled for Salmonella in 2010). Time to question such a centralized industrial food system? (Washington Post)
A New Approach for Broccoli <<I love this. It’s great to cook outside the box. (Stone Soup)

What inspired you this week?

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4 Responses to “For the Love of Food”

AJ says:

May 29, 2015 at 1:08 pm

Thank you, Darya, for these links as always!

I hope that the WSJ article doesn’t deter caretakers from enrolling their kids into dance classes. You are right to point out that the reasons for studying dance go far beyond exercise.

Learning how to play most musical instruments does not burn too many calories, but who would discourage providing an opportunity to give children a chance to enjoy and express themselves, explore their artistic sides, and experience camaraderie in a band or orchestra performance? The fact that dance is an art form that happens to involve physical effort, discipline, strength training, and (in most cases) some cardiovascular activity is an added bonus. I’m also curious about the use of the accelerometer and if that captures the strengthening aspect of dance training.

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Dee says:

May 29, 2015 at 11:36 pm

A lot of great articles this week

I wonder what the Paleo community has to say about correlation with beans? More beans it is for me.

I never thought of sending kids to dance classes for exercise… It’s really about experience/ skill… my daughter goes to gymnastics for that, take her to play in the park etc.

And yeah I boast to my partner which woman you can find to make delicious shrimp and brocolli (stalk) quiche…. I also make stock with onion, garlic, carrot and squash peels etc

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Corina Toma says:

May 30, 2015 at 5:21 pm

Great collection of articles.
I guess I should start cooking some beans now 🙂
Diet and exercise are important, but so are being optimistic and enjoying life every day.

Thanks,

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Laurie says:

June 1, 2015 at 6:40 pm

May I just compare two sentences from the same article?

“After spending a couple of hours with these women, I realized that the bread was only one ingredient in a larger group of benefits that the bread-making occasioned. The women also had to chop wood and stoke the oven. They had to knead the dough for 45 minutes (more exercise than going to the gym).”

and

“Their kitchens were set up so that making healthy food was quick and easy.”

Hmm…

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