FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Your spit helps you quit picky eating, breakfast boosts carb burning, and water doesn’t help with weight loss

by Darya Rose | Aug 24, 2018

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

Quick announcement: I’ll be at the Fireside conference Sept 6-9 in Canada, and doing a live podcast on stage with the venerable Yoni Freedhoff. Would love to see you there!

Short list this week. Your spit helps you quit picky eating, breakfast boosts carb burning, and water doesn’t help with weight loss.

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Links of the week

How Much of an Herbicide Is Safe in Your Cereal? – Nice review of the state of the glyphosate debate by The Atlantic.
Your Spit Might Help You Learn to Eat Your Greens – Some biology behind how to become a less picky eater. It happens quickly! (NY Times)
Eating breakfast burns more carbs during exercise and accelerates metabolism for next meal – Eating breakfast can influence your metabolism during a subsequent workout. Not too surprising, but interesting. (ScienceDaily)
10 Simple Habits of People Who’ve Lost Weight And Have Actually Kept It Off – Habits y’all. (ScienceAlert)
Stretching Plays a Surprisingly Important Role in Weight Loss And Exercise. Here’s How – Stretching is a much misunderstood activity. (ScienceAlert)
Two New Studies Pour Cold Water On Water’s Role In Weight Management – Not sure how the “water helps with weight loss” rumor got started, but you can put it to rest. Water is wonderful for lots of other reasons, but weight loss isn’t one of them. (Weighty Matters)
Want to live a longer life? Research says you should do these five things. – It’s really not so complicated. (Washington Post)
PEANUT BUTTER BANANA OATMEAL CUPS – Speaking of breakfast, these look tasty and convenient. (Sprouted Kitchen)

What inspired you this week?

Tags: aging, Breakfast, carbs, Exercise, glyphosate, habits, Health, Longevity, metabolism, picky eating, Roundup, stretching, water

5 Responses to “FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Your spit helps you quit picky eating, breakfast boosts carb burning, and water doesn’t help with weight loss”

Tom Evans says:

August 24, 2018 at 11:53 am

Just a heads up that the link for the spit article went to the breakfast article… it was probably supposed to head to: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/science/saliva-bitter-tastes.html

*you don’t have to keep this comment posted if the link is corrected*

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Lindsay says:

August 24, 2018 at 12:41 pm

I so look forward to your links every week! I thought of this blog when I saw this article yesterday. Curious to hear your thoughts? I’m a little skeptical myself…growing up, I hated gym class, but I work out 4-5 times a week now and I love it!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/well/move/how-you-felt-about-gym-class-may-impact-your-exercise-habits-today.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Health

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Grace says:

August 25, 2018 at 12:58 pm

One article mentions the benefits of drinking water for weight loss/maintenance (Tip 6 & 8 of “10 Simple Habits of People Who’ve Lost Weight And Have Actually Kept It Off”) and the other link says water doesn’t help with weight loss (“Two New Studies Pour Cold Water On Water’s Role In Weight Management “).

Personally, when I was losing 22 pounds, if I was hungry in between meals I would take 5 large gulps of water then wait a while and see if I was still hungry afterward. It usually dampened my appetite.

Anyone else reading have weight loss success with water?

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- Amanda says:
  
  August 28, 2018 at 3:29 pm
  
  “Dampened” 🙂
  
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Joe says:

September 3, 2018 at 3:43 am

I think there’s not a single fix method for each person to do a diet. It’s based on how one’s body/ metabolism works

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