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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Links of the week
- How Agriculture Controls Nutrition Guidelines <<Fascinating look into the conversations that happen in Congress about how dietary guidelines should be formulated. (The Atlantic)
- Study Finds Antioxidants Doubled Spread of Skin Cancer in Mice <<Need another reason to be very careful when deciding what supplements to take? Here’s a good one. (WSJ)
- How to make good food choices for your family while staying sane <<This article is actually about food labels, and is a great read. (Washington Post)
- Yes, Soda Taxes Seem to Cut Soda Drinking <<I’m not surprised at all, given how well it worked with tobacco. (NY Times)
- What’s wrong with the celery you’re buying <<I’m really proud of the Washington Post for publishing this.
- Our thermostats could be making us sicker <<I’ve never thought about this, but it makes some intuitive sense. (Treehugger)
- Eating Organic Lowers Pesticide Levels in Children <<The amounts are pretty impressive actually. (NY Times)
- Dozens of baked goods found to have potentially cancer-causing additive <<I’m so glad you guys don’t eat this stuff anymore. (Treehugger)
- A Placebo Can Make You Run Faster <<The placebo effect never ceases to amaze me. The mind is an incredible thing. (NY Times)
- White Chard Stew Recipe <<Are you as excited about fall as I am? This looks incredible. (101 Cookbooks)
What inspired you this week?
from Summer Tomato http://summertomato.com/for-the-love-of-food-270/
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