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FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Calories tell you nothing, Monsanto sues California, and how to stay motivated
by Darya Rose | Jan 29, 2016
For the Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
This week calories tell you nothing, Monsanto sues California, and how to stay motivated.
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Links of the week
- Rethinking the Calorie <<Remember when I told you that counting calories is a practice of deceiving yourself? Here it’s explained again in excruciating detail. (The Atlantic)
- Kale craze raises heavy metal concerns <<Thank you Monica for always reminding us to not be insane. (Nutrition Over Easy)
- The Right Way to Stretch Before Exercise <<A few years ago The Times told us we were doing our pre-workout stretching all wrong and that we should stop the ridiculousness immediately. This week they backed off that stance quite a bit, which I appreciate since I never stopped. (NY Times)
- 6 Reasons To Hit The Gym That Have Nothing To Do With Losing Weight <<Because if losing weight is the main reason you’re going, I’d be willing to bet you won’t be doing it a year from now. Exercise feels great when you approach it right. (Huffington Post)
- Monsanto Sues California Over Herbicide Classification <<Industrial food giant Monsanto’s biggest product has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the WHO, and so California wants to put a warning label on it. Monsanto does not like this attack on their $4.8B/year product, so has sued the state. Remember this next time they try to tell you that they make GMOs because they want to cure the world of hunger. (NY Times)
- The Health Benefits of Knitting <<Meditation not your jam? Pick up knitting or another hobby that requires prolonged focus. (NY Times)
- Why Chicken Broth Packs a Bigger Flavor Punch than Beef Broth <<This really surprised me (but I still think beans taste better cooked in beef broth). (Lifehacker)
- How language can affect the way we think <<It’s natural to believe that all of the ideas, thoughts and feelings you have about something (e.g. exercise, vegetables, dieting) are generated by your own genius, but it’s really not true. Your ideas are shaped by the words you use and the environment you develop in, which has a profound impact on what you believe and therefore how you act. So. Damn. Interesting. (TED)
- How To Stick To Your Goals Through The Power Of Friendship <<Interesting and practical take on motivation. Very cool. (Huffington Post)
- IS COLLOIDAL SILVER HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH? <<I’ve actually had someone ask me about this recently, so for clarity’s sake the answer is yes, stay away from the stuff. (Dr. Weil)
- leek, ham and cheese egg bake <<Great brunch idea. Yum. (smitten kitchen)
What inspired you this week?
Love how you’re throwing Monsanto’s GMOs under the bus here, when the article has NOTHING to do with GMOs – it’s about the Round Up pesticide they also produce. I find it convenient that you didn’t mention what product was in question. Nothing like a little fear of “science” to keep uneducated readers in the dark about how GMOs can actually reduce the amount of pesticide used over time. But, hey, whatever. You do you.
I think you missed her point there. It’s all business and they don’t give a shit how they make their money, so long as they make it. So how can you trust anything they do if they’re fighting to feel you carcinogens? YUUUUM.
First, *feed
Secondly, you’re probably right. Guess we should hate all businesses for doing the worst thing ever: making money and being successful.
I don’t disagree with the fact that carcinogens, when discovered, should be removed/limited in our consumables. I just feel (proper usage of the spelling there) that GMOs do have a place in our society and in our refrigerators. There are good things companies can do with food, as long as we don’t all jump on the “chemicals are bad” bandwagon without looking further into it.
I’m keeping an open mind. I hope that everyone else does too.
GMOS do not reduce the amount of pesticides. monsanto is a chemical company . thats how they make their money.by poisoning us.
GMOS must be banned not just labeled . buy organic only everyone .
thank you darya love your blog !
Organic farming uses pesticides as well. Although they are natural and not synthetic, that does not mean they aren’t toxic or potentially dangerous in the same way (please see this very good article about organic vs. non-organic farming: http://tinyurl.com/kqzgwr3). I only want people to educate themselves about these things, not respond with knee-jerk reactions.
Remember – just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s not harmful. (Ricin, anyone?)
I have to agree with Cher on the Monsanto hate- The company itself has a lot of terrible practices, but to equate them with GMOs is a disservice to the benefits GMO crops have and could have on reducing world hunger and nutritional deficits. Its a disservice to science, too. Even the GMO crops that Monsanto owns the rights too have had huge benefits, and to downplay those successes is wrong.
Monsanto is terrible, and their corporate layers are evil, but the GMOs they have developed, and GMO crops in general, are not to be slandered, especially by a woman of science like yourself.
there are no benefits to GMO crops aside from the profit to monsanto and other biotech and chemical companies ,
GMOS do not reduce world hunger and certainly do not add nutritional benefits , they detract nutrional benefits.
While there are a lot of issues with patent law regarding GMOs, there are many studies that indicate that there very much are nutritional benefits and or improved crop yeild with GMO crops.
The solution to the problem is not to ban GMOs or promote them as “unnatural and unhealthy” (and, remember, that when compared to conventional breeding methods GMOs are actually safer and more reliable (no chance of unwanted harmful mutations), as well as being better tested before being released to the public) but to support policy that will protect farmers and encourage biotech companies to develop varieties of food that will improve health and increase yield.
GMOS are not safe . read altered genes twisted truth everyone . youll find out about the lies behind GMOS. buy organic everyone ! ban GMOS
Monsato might have the right to sue the estate, but they are wrong for using such health hazard food.