FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Food prescribed as medicine, pesticides poison farmers, and GMO labels are coming

by Darya Rose | May 19, 2018

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

Better late than never, right?

This week food prescribed as medicine, pesticides poison farmers, and GMO labels are coming.

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Tags: average, breath, cookbooks, food as medicine, food labels, food safety, GMO, Health, meditation, organics, pesticides, snacks, trans fats

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Your “organic” milk may not be, boxed mac n’cheese contains banned chemicals, and sugar in pregnancy linked to allergies

by Darya Rose | Jul 14, 2017

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

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This week your “organic” milk may not be, boxed mac n’cheese contains banned chemicals, and sugar in pregnancy linked to allergies.

Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!

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Tags: bulimia, food politics, GMO, grains, happiness, Health, industrial food, milk, organics, phthalates, pregnancy, success, sugar, wheat

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: “Healthy” obese still have more heart attacks, the EPA hates science, and imports get caught in massive organic fraud

by Darya Rose | May 19, 2017

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

Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us!

This week “healthy” obese still have more heart attacks, the EPA hates science, and imports get caught in massive organic fraud.

Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!

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Tags: breast cancer, cancer, EPA, food labels, food politics, Health, health care, heart disease, imports, insurance, mood, Obesity, organics, pesticides, salt

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: The Western Diet gives you the munchies (literally), when to expect fitness results, and vegetables trump pesticides

by Darya Rose | Jan 20, 2017

For the Love of Food

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

A quick reminder that next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us!

This week the Western diet gives you the munchies (literally), when to expect fitness results, and vegetables trump pesticides.

Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at 300+ wpm. So neat!

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Tags: appendix, Exercise, fitness, gut, Health, industrial food, microbiome, mindfulness, neuroscience, organics, overeating, pesticides, Science, sugar, Western diet

For the Love of Food

by Darya Rose | Oct 16, 2015

For the Love of Food

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

This week antioxidants spread cancer, kids benefit from organics, and a scary view of food politics.

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Tags: antioxidants, cancer, celery, food labels, food politics, Health, organics, pesticides, placebo, soda, Supplements, taxes, temperature

For the Love of Food

by Darya Rose | Dec 12, 2014

For The Love of Food

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

This week the shocking truth about “humanely raised” chicken, the 1-minute workout, and a surprising new benefit of fiber.

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Tags: antioxidants, bacteria, BPA, cage-free, depression, Exercise, fiber, food labels, gut, Health, McDonald's, microbiome, organics, plastics, Psychology, shopping, triggers

For the Love of Food

by Darya Rose | Jul 18, 2014

For The Love of Food

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

This week organics are better for you (again), a new vitamin supplement is considered dangerous and ineffective, and scary news about food packages.

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Tags: Alzheimer's disease, B vitamins, cholesterol, Cooking, food packaging, Health, heart disease, niacin, organics

For The Love Of Food

by Darya Rose | Dec 14, 2012

For The Love of Food

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

My heart goes out to those affected by the shooting this morning in Newton, Connecticut.

This week the food industry can’t handle the truth, false memories can make you feel more full or hungry, and why vegetables may be good for bone health.

Want to see all my favorite links? Be sure to follow me on on Delicious. I also share links on Twitter @summertomato, Google+ and the Summer Tomato Facebook page. I’m very active on all these sites and would love to connect with you. (And yes, I took that pepper heart pic myself).

Links of the week

The Talk The Food Industry Couldn’t Bear To Hear <<Even as someone who spends little time thinking about how food is marketed to children, I found this incredibly interesting, and more than a little horrifying. The video can also be found below. (Weight Matters)
Chew on this: Memory helps drive appetite <<It’s astounding how much our psychology influences how we perceive what, and how much we eat. I find stuff like this fascinating. (LA Times)
‘Organic’ Leaves a Bad Taste in the Mouths of Some Consumers <<Another one on food psychology. Haters gonna hate. (ScienceDaily)
Plastics Chemical BPA Found in Fetal Livers <<More data that BPA is worse for babies (and therefore pregnant women) than for older children and adults. Avoid BPA containing cans whenever possible. (Medline)
Battling Brittle Bones With … Broccoli and Spinach? <<One of the first studies I’ve seen suggesting a mechanism by which vegetables protect bones. Still not proven (though there is a strong association), but this is interesting new data. (ScienceDaily)
Fit Kids Finish First in the Classroom <<This totally explains why jocks are so smart and geeks are so fit. Oh wait…. Stereotypes be damned! (ScienceDaily)
Nutrients in Fruits, Vegetables May Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Study <<Hopefully you guys know this already, but it’s worth repeating. (Medline)
Learn to Properly Julienne an Onion and Keep Yourself From Crying <<Turns out that cooking is a lot more pleasant when you know how to do it right. (Lifehacker)
Treat nutrition and cancer research cautiously: study <<A study proving that you shouldn’t put too much emphasis on a single study. You gotta love scientists. (Medline)
Roasted Butternut Squash, Radicchio, and Onion <<I’ve seen several recipes lately pairing sweet winter squash with bitter greens like radicchio. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m going to. (Simply Recipes)