For the Love of Food

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

This week how to keep your brain 10 yrs younger, the future of food tech, and why nursing moms should eat spicy foods.

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Links of the week

• Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest <<This is a fantastic read about sleep, even if you don’t happen to be a teenager. Highly recommended. (NY Times)
• This groundbreaking technology will soon let us see exactly what’s in our food <<Possibly the coolest thing I’ve seen in new food technology since… forever? (Washington Post)
• The Benefits of Spicing Up a Breast-Feeding Mother’s Diet <<Yet another benefit of breast feeding: less picky eaters. (NY Times)
• The Limits of Personalized Medicine <<Personalized medicine is super cool in theory. The problem is you actually have to do the stuff, and people don’t. (The Atlantic)
• Exercise May Keep Your Brain 10 Years Younger, Study Suggests <<I wouldn’t mind keeping any part of my body 10 years younger, but if I had to choose only one it would certainly be my brain. (Medline)
• Ask Well: Can Vinegar Aid Weight Loss? <<LOL. Seriously, focus on something that actually matters. (NY Times)
• In Defense of Moderate Drinking (Again) <<It’s nice to see journalists actually thinking about the implications of science. (NY Times)
• The next big thing in American regional cooking: Humble Appalachia <<I love stuff like this. Sign me up. (Washington Post)
• Can Salt Increase Calorie Intake? <<Keep in mind that 75% of salt intake in Western Diets comes from processed foods. (Whole Health Source)
• BAKED CHICKEN WITH PRESERVED LEMONS AND OLIVES <<I want this in my face. (Coffee and Crumpets)

What inspired you this week?