For The Love of Food

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

This week diet-pill ads make you fat, the case against positive thinking, and a scary discovery about antimicrobial soap.

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For The Love of Food

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

There were so many awesome stories this week narrowing them down to the top 10 was difficult. Several studies were published on environmental factors that influence healthy food choices, Monica Reinagel shares an interesting method on breaking weight loss plateaus and I found one of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen.

Want to see all my favorite links? Be sure to follow me on on Digg. I also share links on Twitter (@summertomato) and the Summer Tomato Facebook fan page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you.

Links of the week

• Home Is Where the Healthy Meal Is <<A fascinating new study suggests that setting the right mood before cooking at home results in healthier food choices. I always try and light candles and play Miles Davis over dinner. (ScienceDaily)
• The Paleo Diet: Caveman Cure-All or Unhealthy Fad? <<I expected to hate this article, but I actually enjoyed it. My only gripes are that he doesn’t seem to know that paleo folks don’t eat dairy (he refers to butter) and do eat potatoes (not Atkins). (The Atlantic)
• Group puts hot dogs on hit list <<BS of the week. A vegan activist group wants you to believe hotdogs are as dangerous as cigarettes, which is ridiculous. Even the American Cancer Society disagrees. (Indy Star)
• Think Healthy, Eat Healthy: Scientists Show Link Between Attention and Self-Control <<Cool study shows that remembering that health is important helps people make better decisions. (ScienceDaily)
• How to Break a Weight Loss Plateau <<I’d never heard of calorie cycling, but you might want to give it a try if you’re stuck in the weight loss thing. (Nutrition Over Easy)
• Do Your Grocery Shopping With a Cart Instead of a Basket: You’ll Make Healthier Choices <<I’d guess this is because the healthier foods require you go put down the basket, find a plastic bag, sort through produce that is often wet and do other tasks that require both hands. (TreeHugger)
• What About Triglycerides? <<Apparently the American Heart Association put out a new statement about triglycerides. Worth a gander. (Advanced Mediterranean Diet)
• charred corn tacos with zucchini-radish slaw <<I’ve never seen corn cooked this way and I’m very intrigued. In other news: I love summertime. (smitten kitchen)
• Second Act: Ernestine Shepherd <<One of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen. This woman is 74 years old. (Yahoo!)

What inspired you this week?

For The Love of Food

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

We have lots of fantastic articles this week from Lifehacker‘s food week: Eat To Live. Also featured are several healthy shopping guides including ones for fish, seasonal produce and pesticide-free foods.

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For The Love of Food

• Table of Condiments Tells You When to Toss the Mayo <<I noticed this week that mustard is always expired. Here’s a nerdy guide to help you know when to toss those condiments from Lifehacker.
• 6 Reasons Why You Should Do It Yourself in the Kitchen <<I intended to include this post last week and forgot, but I couldn’t let you miss out on this simple home cooking guide from Well Done Chef! (@welldonechef)
• Loving Fish, This Time With the Fish in Mind <<Fascinating exploration of the ethical perils of shopping for fish by Mark Bittman at the New York Times.
• Health risks begin in overweight range, BMI doesn’t tell whole story <<Don’t fool yourself, any extra body weight is unhealthy says the American Heart Association.
• How To Lose 15 Pounds <<B.S. of the Week Every Friday I am tempted to wag my finger at Diets in Review for their horrible diet advice articles and product reviews like this one and this one and this one. But since my pet peeve is diet tips that will waste your time and make you less healthy, this week they get an official shout out for this uninformed article about losing weight. (No, do not follow MyPyramid. No, do not do 5 hrs of cardio unless you are training for a race. And eating less is obviously super easy, why doesn’t everyone try that? Please.)
• Make Your Brown Bag Lunch More Appealing <<I’m a huge fan of bringing your lunch to work. Lifehacker has some great tips on how to make the lunch option more appealing.
• EatingWell In Season <<Few things are better for your health than eating fresh produce that is in season. Here’s a great guide to mixing up your colors for optimal nutrition from EatingWell (thanks to Macheesmo for the link).
• Xocai and The Chocolate Weight Loss Diet – Where’s the Evidence? <<Great article by Travis Saunders over at Obesity Panacea for exposing the chocolate diet as fraud. (@travissaunders)
• Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides <<Wondering which fruits and vegetables are the most contaminated with pesticides? Let this list be your guide to organic shopping (via @reverend_bunnie from d’Arte Board)
• How To Filet A Fish Like A Pro <<Great video, again from Lifehacker‘s food week.

What great articles did you read or write this week? Leave your links in the comments.