For The Love of Food

by Darya Rose | Aug 14, 2009

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

Be sure to check out my guest post on how to get creative with your healthy eating over at Marbled Musings. Also this week: the controversy about exercise, more problems with industrial food (especially beef), healthy tips for the end of summer and the newly discovered benefits of fish.

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This post is an open thread. Share your thoughts, writing (links welcome!) and delicious meals of the week in the comments below.

For The Love of Food

10 Creative Tips for Healthy Eating <<My guest post about getting creative with your healthy eating over at Marbled Musings.
Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin <<The controversial article in Time Magazine brings up some interesting points, many of which I agree with and have experienced myself. Exercise is essential for health, however, and the take home message is only that diet is the most important factor in weight loss. Personally I exercise 3-6 days per week without exception.
Exercise Won’t Make You Thin, but It Will Make You Healthy <<A short summary about how health and thinness are not the same thing. (Lifehacker)
The Meat of the Problem <<Fantastic article about the role of meat consumption in climate change. (The Washington Post)
Safeway Recalls Ground Beef in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming <<B.S. of the week. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty tired of contaminated food. Industrial food tries to kill us in so many different ways I’m losing count. I’m happy to report, however, that there have been no outbreaks yet this year at my farmers market. (Marler Blog)
Sugar vs. Corn Syrup <<Fascinating time line of America’s consumption of sugar and HFCS. (Mother Jones)
Living Healthy on a College Campus <<College is one of the most difficult times to maintain a respectable healthstyle. Here are a few easy tips to keep in mind this fall. (Lifehacker)
How much sunshine does it take to make enough vitamin D? Perhaps more than you think! <<Cool vitamin D calculator and other helpful hints. (Nutrition Data)
Healthy Recipes for Tomatoes-Summer’s Antioxidant Food Star <<Apparently Epicurious loves summer tomatoes as much as I do!
Fish Oils May Prevent and Treat Heart Disease <<It’s no secret I’m a big fan of fish, but it may do more than we previously expected. (HealthDay)