For the Love of Food

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

This week how your brain processes food experiences, the real paleo story, and how food impacts depression.

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Links of the week

• Neuroscience comes to dinner: How brain tweaks could change our diet <<Super interesting look at how our brains interpret and respond to different environmental signals while we’re eating, and what it means for how we behave. (Grist)
• To avoid catching a cold, researchers prescribe a good night’s sleep <<Getting sick is the worst. This is one of my many strategies for how I almost never catch a cold or flu. (LA Times)
• Why People Are Willing (And Excited!) To Spend More Money To Work Out <<There is often a stigma around investing in your own wellbeing and happiness, but it’s one you should work to overcome. (mindbodygreen)
• The Forgotten Origin Story of the Paleo Diet <<A nice primer on where a lot of the paleo nutrition advice started. If you haven’t read Weston Price’s original work, it’s certainly worth checking out. (The Atlantic)
• Pesticides Tied to Childhood Cancers <<This study is specifically referring to indoor insecticides (e.g. pet flea collars, fog tents, etc.). I know I was exposed to a bunch of this stuff as a kid, and I don’t think my parents even considered how dangerous it might be. Scary. (NY Times)
• Consumers Are Embracing Full-Fat Foods <<When I first launched this site in 2009 I would have never imagined I’d ever see this headline in the Times. Progress makes me happy. (NY Times)
• Fruit and vegetables aren’t only good for a healthy body; they protect your mind too <<I’ve long suspected that there may be much more subtle effects of healthy eating than what most people care about (i.e. heart disease and diabetes). This is one of the first studies I’ve seen linking Real Food consumption to depression. (ScienceDaily)
• What’s your habit changing style? <<I’ve been pondering writing a review of Gretchen Rubin’s latest book, Better Than Before, but Monica Reinagel pretty much nailed it so just read hers. (Nutrition Over Easy)
• Ask Well: The Best Exercise to Reduce Blood Pressure <<Just. Do. Something. (NY Times)
• THE REAL REASON FOR DUCK CONFIT <<I love, love, love this. Also now I want to make duck confit. (Ruhlman)

What inspired you this week?