Friday Reading

Our Friday Finds are back! 

I can't wait to try this recipe:
http://bit.ly/lDGdEx

A 28-day vegetarian meal plan from Eating Well:
http://bit.ly/k9DV6S

Asparagus is happening!  Thirteen-plus years of recipes:
http://bit.ly/jLckhl

And our own Dr. Angela Marshall discussed the importance of self care for women in a CNN segment for National Women's Health Week:
http://bit.ly/mlXPK2

What have you done for your own health and wellness this week?  Be good to yourself!

Friday Finds

Interesting reading from this week:

Popcorn is a great whole-grain snack food.  It's so easy to make your own, and any popcorn can be microwaved; there's no need to buy microwave popcorn.  Check out a basic recipe and lots of seasoning ideas:

http://markbittman.com/real-popcorn

Lack of sleep is a "ticking time bomb": Getting less than 6 hours of sleep a night is linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1354980/Lack-sleep-ticking-time-bomb-recipe-heart-attack.html

The National School Lunch Program feeds more than 31 million children every school day.  Lunch Line, a new documentary focusing on the past, present, and future of the school lunch program, will be playing at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring this coming Monday and Tuesday:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/lunch-line,1206660.html#

Another school lunch item, this one an editorial from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-04-12-editorial12_ST_N.htm

And to end the week on a fun note -- Doritos celebrates adding its one millionth ingredient:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/doritos-celebrates-one-millionth-ingredient,19914/

Have a good weekend.

Friday Finds

It's asparagus season, and tomatoes are coming soon!  Try this great combination of the two:
http://www.cookinglight.com/food/quick-healthy/quick-easy-side-dish-recipes-00400000058734/page6.html

A Princeton University study published in February's issue of the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior suggests that HFCS leads to greater abdominal fat and weight gain than ordinary sugar does:
http://consumerist.com/2011/03/studies-hfcs-leads-to-much-more-weight-gain-than-sugar.html

Martha Rose Schulman offers up five healthy and tasty muffin recipes:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/do-you-know-your-muffin-pan/

Pulitizer prize winner Tina Rosenberg looks at the positive side of peer pressure in her new book, Join the Club:
http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/08/mind-reading-using-peer-pressure-to-change-the-world/

And I can't imagine why, but I'm sure there are some who would say I'd like this chopping board:
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2011/04/ocd-chopping-board-.html

Wishing you a happy spring weekend!

Friday Finds

We love the Happiness Project!  Here are Gretchen Rubin's 12 tips for getting regular exercise, along with a discussion of how exercise benefits health and happiness:

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2010/08/12-tips-for-nudging-yourself-to-exercise-regularly.html

An NPR story on nudging grocery shoppers toward making healthier choices, with quotes from Brian Wansink at Cornell's Food and Brand Lab:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131074210

An excellent story from Cooking Light on how calories really count:

http://www.cookinglight.com/eating-smart/nutrition-101/how-calories-really-count-00412000070740/

And from Oprah.com, a conversation with Thich Nhat Hanh about mindful eating and his book, Savor:

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/A-Conversation-with-Thich-Nhat-Hanh-About-Savor

Friday Finds

Columbia University researchers report that when overweight and obesity become the norm, overweight parents and children are increasingly likely to see their own body weight as normal:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/23/obese.underestimate.weight/

Whatever happened to play?
http://www.examiner.com/parenting-in-san-francisco/the-lost-art-of-play

Do diet foods lower your fitness?
http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/2011/03/do-diet-foods-lower-your-fitness/

A feast of food links from Mark Bittman:
http://bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/a-feast-of-food-links/?smid=tw-bittman&seid=auto

And Jamie Oliver wants you to speak up for healthier school meals:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/usda

Friday Finds

This week, a thoughtful piece on cooking as meditation that ties in beautifully with our theme of mindfulness:
http://foodpractice.com/2011/03/10/cooking-as-meditation/

From Eating Well, some fabulous ideas for enjoying avocados:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/recipe_slideshows/see_it_make_it_quick_avocado_recipes

Top 10 ways to make vegetables even more delicious:
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/?page_id=4587

And reap the health benefits of altruism while adding to the sum total of goodness in the world:

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_to_become_more_altruistic/

Enjoy this beautiful spring day!

Friday Finds

Friday reads from around the Web:

In this month's Food and Wine, chefs talk about how they lose weight and keep it off, eating real food all the while:
http://bit.ly/e3kN7c

Eating a Mediterranean diet may improve factors related to risk of heart disease and diabetes:
http://reut.rs/fCEQxt

"Stealth vegetables" offer a double helping of dietary benefit:
http://bit.ly/i7r82o

And next time you're sleepless, try some nuts:
http://bit.ly/i57jVT

Have a good weekend.

Finds

 Some interesting reading this week:

A review of more than 160 studies by one of the deans of happiness research finds "clear and compelling evidence" that happy people live longer and experience better health:  http://bit.ly/hcDU74

An interesting post from the Make Friends With Food blog asks how we can fill the hole that Americans stuff with fast food:  http://makefriendswithfood.blogspot.com/

Customizable soups from the fabulous Mark Bittman:  http://nyti.ms/eRuDcl

And a group of nuns in Philadelphia asks McDonald's to explain what it's doing to address health concerns related to fast food:  http://n.pr/h1sMZm

Enjoy, and have a terrific weekend!

Finds

A few finds from around the Web this week:

From Eating Well, a guide to avocados, one of my favorite foods, with some intriguing recipes:  http://www.eatingwell.com/healthy_cooking/healthy_food_guide/avocados

30 tiny changes for health, wealth, and happiness, from The Change Blog:
http://www.thechangeblog.com/30-tiny-changes-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/

A guest blogger for Fooducate makes the case for reading labels:
http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2011/02/25/a-case-for-reading-food-labels/

And Michael Pollan wants your suggestions for the new edition of Food Rules.  Submit them by Sunday:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5986/p/salsa/web/questionnaire/public/?questionnaire_KEY=541

 Enjoy your weekend!