Friday, July 6, 2012

Week 1 Round-Up

This is neither Gary Taubes
nor Mark Bittman. Getty Images.


A quick run-through of relevant news items from the week- I'll keep a running tab of all of these on the "In the News" page, too.

Would love suggestions for other good sources for health news- please tell me in the comments if you know of one.

July 5, 2012
Chinese athletes are suffering from meat withdrawal. Or is it the lead they're missing? NPR.

July 4, 2012
Eat a hot dog! It's what Thomas Jefferson would want. Also, you know what will kill you way faster than your diet? Shooting fireworks out of your butt.

July 3, 2012
This lady can eat whatever she wants and she's got great skin too. Feel free to shake a fist. Washington Post.




July 2, 2012
Jessica Bruder writes about how all of these crazy diet rules are ruining dinner parties. For shame. NYTimes

and

This week's "Thank God They Resolved That" award goes to some groundbreaking research from a scientist who neatly summarizes her findings at the end of the article with, "Eat less and move around more."NYTimes.

June 30, 2012
Gary Taubes, who wrote a great book called, "Why We Get Fat", kindly saves us all $15.99 with his own Cliff's Notes, published in the NYTimes.

June 28, 2012
Christine Freitchen writes about training for a marathon as a vegan. NYTimes.

June 26, 2012
Mark Bittman, former NYT food critic and personal hero, chimes in. NYTimes.

June 25, 2012
NPR profiled John Durant, a vocal proponent of the Paleo diet and Cross Fit workouts. Check out the comments section too. People, seriously, you're at about an 8...gonna need you to dial it down to about a 4. Gracias, NPR.


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