Top 10 Links of the Week 4 30 10 – 5 6 10

So much good stuff going on this weekend: Mothers Day, beautiful weather (in NYC), and tonights Season 4 premiere of Friday Night Lights, the best hour-long drama on TV. 

But before any of that: Clear eyes! Full hearts! The links!

1) New York Times: For Corn Syrup, the Sweet Talk Gets Harder
HFCS has taken a huge publicity hit in the U.S. the last couple of years, and it’s being lected in sales. Less money is never a good thing for any business, so food manufacturers are taking steps to replace corn syrup with real sugar. Honestly, I don’t know how much better that is anyway, but HFCS admittedly kind of freaks me out. So … yay?

2) Almost Frugal: You vs. the Grocery Store
LOVE this post about combating supermarkets’ subtle ways of getting you to buy extra stuff. Think of it like a casino: go in with a plan, and you’ll walk out with your pants still on. (Um … you know what I mean.) (Thanks to Casual Kitchen for the link.)

3) Frugal Green Family: Considering a CSA? Weighing the Pros and Cons
For those of us still on the fence about a CSA share, this fabulously thoughtful post should seal the deal, either way.

4) Get Rich Slowly: The Savvy Shopper’s Guide to the Farmers’ Market
Need help navigating your farmer’s market? Go here. Do it now. Before you start cluelessly wandering your local produce gathering like a noob. Heh. Noob.

5) Surviving and Thriving: I glean ketchup packets. So what?
“Want to be considered weird, embarrassing or just plain cheap? Be frugal among people who aren’t.” In her new blog, MSN’s Donna Freedman discusses life as a frugalist, and why some people look at it weirdly (but probably shouldn’t). Good stuff.

6) Publix Penny Pincher: How to Make Your Cashier Love You
I first read the title as “How to Make Your Cashier Make Love to You.” Needless to say, it’s not about that. BUT, these simple supermarket tips will turn grocery shopping into a much more pleasant experience for everyone involved. Remember: Cashiers are people, too! (People who enjoy making love.)

7) HuffPo: A Table, Les Enfants! Dinner Is Served!
Neat piece about mealtime cultural differences between the author’s American family and French in-laws. At home, she’s always eaten quickly, mostly for fuel. Abroad, she parks her derriere and takes the time to enjoy the frommage. Tres bien.

8) stonesoup: 10 tips for optimum vegetable storage
Yes! This! Your parsley will never wilt prematurely again. (Photo courtesy of The Kitchn.)

9) Non-Meat Athlete: 7 Steps to Eating Less Meat Now
We all know that consuming less beef, poultry, and pork is better for our health and bank accounts. But how do we start? This guy knows. Oh, how he knows. (Thanks to Casual Kitchen for the link.)

10) The Atlantic Food: Among Dorms and Dining Halls, Hidden Hunger
Hey low-income college kids! Do you want an education, or do you want to eat? Unfortunately, more of you are being forced to make that decision. Fortunately, there are an increasing number of food programs being created to address the problem. Still, yikes.


HONORABLE MENTION

Associated Press: Expert: Surface area of Gulf oil spill has tripled
The AP piece is a few days old by now, but it’s still a solid overview of the Gulf catastrophe. This NYT article is newer, and explains how it might affect our seafood supply. What a mess, people.

Casual Kitchen: Meat Versus Miles - Why Less Meat is Better Than Going Local
Ideally, you can be doing both and still saving some cash. But slowly phasing meat out is a tad more effective.

Culinate: Gas vs. Electric Cooktops
I grew up on electric, and started using gas when I began renting. I will never switch back. And you can punctuate it. (Photo from Wikimedia.)

Food Politics: Where Do Farm Subsidies Go? Now We Know.
It’s your tax dollars at work. In the fields. For major corporations, mostly.

Get Rich Slowly: Getting Paid to Lose Weight with Healthy Wage
Is competing for a cash prize a good way to drop some pounds? Adam Baker is gonna find out. His Healthy Wage team has three months to lose, with $10,000 at stake.

The Kitchn
How Does a Food Lover Maintain a Healthy Weight?
Whipping Cream or Egg Whites: Soft, Firm, and Stiff Peaks - A Visual Guide
Link #1: Huge comment thread chock full of sweet suggestions.
Link #2: Ooo! My angel food cakes will be much happier now.

Money Saving Mom
Freezing Homemade Baby Food
Is Freezer Cooking Really Worth it?
Link #1: Looking to cut down on Gerber jars? Here’s how.
Link #2: Crystal’s first reason alone is enough to make me want to try this. Dishes are the scourge of humanity, people.

My Paper Crane: the dirty dozen cheat sheet
Need a super-cute graphic reminder of what organics to buy? This is your post.

NY Times: Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
Dude. Nature ALWAYS wins. This could be very not good. Or just the opposite, if it’s publicized enough.

Serious Eats: Are There Foods You Can’t Keep in the House?
M&Ms. I will eat every one of them in a single sitting, lick the bag when they’re gone, and snort the air for chocolate dust particles afterward.

Simple Bites: Ten Ingredients You Must Have on Your Spice Rack
Guest poster Lydia Walshin runs down a list of her ten essentials, including a surprising #10. While I might add cloves, it’s a solid roundup.

This Mama Cooks: Healthy Comfort Food Weekly Meal Plan
It’s essentially a recipe roundup, but it’s a REALLY good recipe roundup. I want to go to here.


AND ALSO

The Seattle Times: Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day
Favorite. Story. EVAH. 13-year-old Erik Martin is struggling with cancer, and loves superheroes. So, Make-A-Wish got most of Seattle together (seriously, it’s a cast of thousands) to turn him into one. I swear, this will warm your heart, kidneys, spleen, and every inch of your intestines. Go now!

Betty White SNL Promo
If you can’t catch FNL, go for SNL. The second take nearly made me cry laughing. St. Olaf, represent!



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4 Foods Good Source of Cholesterol

4 Foods Good Source of Cholesterol | Poor perception often comes when a person hears the word fat. Fat is not always bad for the body. After all, the consumption of fat is still needed as an energy source.

Types of fats in foods such as trans fats, hydrogenated oils, saturated fats and some tropical oils, can cause imbalances, chronic inflammation and disease. This type of fat that should be avoided.

While olive oil, nuts, grains and oil seeds, unprocessed vegetable oils and non-hydrogenated oils best choice of fat you should consume each day.

Here is a source of food that can raise levels of good cholesterol (HDL) in your body:

1. Avocado

Avocado is a fruit that has a high content of fat. But you need not worry, because in addition to the tasty fruit, avocados have the good fats (HDL). The content of lutein in avocados is believed to help improve the quality of eye health and chlorophyll content is a source of antioxidants.

2. Virgin coconut oil

Coconut oil may be the best choice as a healthy dessert menu. Although the use of palm oil continues to be studied, but the benefits have been recognized as a potent anti-bacterial, rich in vitamin K and E and iron. Some research even indicates, coconut oil can help weight management, because it reduces stress on the endocrine system.

3. Fish

Some types of fish contain fats that are very good for health. Salmon, sardines, herring, mackerel and tuna types of fish that contain omega-3 fatty acids. Fats in fish are needed to help the growth, development of brain function, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Omega-3 fatty acids can also be found in marine plants such as krill, algae, some plants and nut oils. Omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce bad cholesterol (LDL), increase good cholesterol (HDL), reduce inflammation and reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.

EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) type of omega-3 fatty acids which are found in fish oil to reduce the risk of abnormal heart rhythms that cause sudden death and heart disease, according to a study at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

4. Beans or legumes

Nuts are a source of nutrients that protect your health. People who eat nuts regularly lower risk of dying from heart attacks and strokes than those who ate little, according to a study at the Harvard School of Public Health. Agency for Food and Drug Administration, United States (FDA) even claimed, "eat-food that includes one ounce of nuts every day can reduce the risk of heart disease."

Most types of nuts contain levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) is low and can increase good cholesterol. Walnuts, for example, contains omega-3 fatty acids that protect you from the deadly abnormal heart rhythm and blood clotting. Some examples of types of nuts that contain omega 3 is peanuts, red beans, almonds and walnuts.

4 Myths On How To Lose Weight Fast

Diet is a good choice in making weight loss program. However, a strict diet and rapid weight loss is a very big mistake. Weight loss program that promises the benefits of tight indeed tempting, but the short-term benefits are an illusion, and long-term profitability is not there.

Although the appeal is obvious for those who know, too many so-called experts in the weight loss industry is still spreading rumors about how to lose weight fast. The most common are:

Myth 1: Fat Can Be Spot Reduced

At the core of many weight loss programs is the notion that you can remove fat from specific areas of your body, especially around the middle, legs, or arms. Recommendations may include ab machines, diet pills, packaged diet foods, or even lotions or gels.

The truth is that spot reducing is not possible, unless you are willing to have it sliced off or sucked out by surgery. The biggest offenders in perpetuating this myth are manufacturers of all those ab machines, dozens of them, and the celebrities who are hired to endorse them. They dont work! You do not exercise fat!

Myth 2: Cardiovascular Exercise is the Answer

Cardiovascular exercise may have its benefits. However, it is not one of the best exercises to lose belly fat. In fact, research shows that just the opposite can happen - i.e., typical cardiovascular exercise can lead to fat gain. Go ahead and do your obligatory hour on an exercise bike, treadmill, or stair master three times a week. Just dont expect this traditional long slow torture approach to help you lose weight. The main outcomes of such cardiovascular exercise are to accelerate your bodys inflammation load (NOT a good thing) and to speed up your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). A higher BMR just means that you have to eat more to meet your bodys daily energy needs.

Myth 3: Crash Diets Work for Long-Term Weight Loss

By now I would hope that everyone knows that this is a myth. Unfortunately, way too many people are still of the mindset that all you have to do for quick weight loss is to starve yourself. You know the old (incorrect!) adage: eat less to lose weight. The logical extension is: eat a lot less, lose more weight. This concept ignores so many important components of long-term weight management -- food quality, hormone balance, age and health status, and many more -- that it is patently ridiculous.

The only things that you will accomplish by crash dieting are lowering your BMR, being hungry all the time, and losing lean body mass and water weight. Health problems are sure to follow.

Myth 4: Homeopathic HCG Drives Fast Weight Loss

HCG (human chorionic gonatropin) is the hormone-driven weight loss protocol developed by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons in the 1950s. The hCG diet plan has been well-established through tens of thousands of clinical case histories as well as through recent scientific research.

Unfortunately, a few years ago scurrilous marketers invented something called homeopathic hCG to capitalize on the success of the real hCG protocol for weight loss. The problem is that homeopathic hCG contains little or no hormone. The FDA finally took notice of this fake-product phenomenon and started sending cease and desist letters to online companies that were selling homeopathic hCG.

The FDA does not have enough staffing to keep up with all of the websites that sell homeopathic hCG, meaning that dozens of them are still operating. This is certainly a Buyer Beware industry.

What to Do That Works

Finding what works for you regarding weight loss -- actually, fat loss -- should be an ongoing discovery process. Many components of your daily life contribute to your weight management, including what you eat, your exercise program, your stress management (including quality of sleep), your supplemental nutrition, and your hormone balance (not just estrogen or testosterone). You can take a look at good strategies for long-term healthy weight management in a short book that I wrote to get you started. I dont charge for it, so go ahead and see what it is about, and get your free copy, here: Belly Fat Book. I think this is a good starting point, although I might be biased since I wrote it!

4 Foods That Can Maintain Heart Health

Maintaining heart health may start a healthy lifestyle. One of the easiest is to diligently eating healthy foods. What food should be consumed?One of the main causes of cardiovascular disease such as heart attack and stroke is poor diet that triggers fat buildup and blockage of blood vessels throughout the body. So that this condition can be prevented, some studies also recommend that prospective sufferers eat certain foods. What is it?

1. Fish
 A health guidelines drawn up by the European Society of Cardiology in Euro Prevent Conference in Dublin, Ireland, explained that eating two servings a week can prevent heart disease. Eating fish is far better than taking supplements of fish. This is because fish contains several other nutrients that can not be found in the supplement. Omega 3 is believed to be compounds that provide benefits for the heart, but experts have not been able to prove it.This is because fish contains a variety of nutrients such as vitamin D, selenium and iodine, which may also be beneficial for cardiovascular disease. But remember, fishing is not the only way to avoid heart disease. Besides eating fish, you also need to eat healthy foods, not smoking and being physically active.

2. Spicy Food
 Research conducted at the Chinese University of Hong Kong said that the compounds contained in Cayennes peppers, jalapenos and other types of peppers can lower blood pressure and reduce cholesterol. Researchers also found that the chili has a great potential to protect against heart disease.Researchers explained that spicy substance in chili peppers can lower bad cholesterol levels by reducing the accumulation of cholesterol in the body. In addition, Capsaicinoids can also make the muscles relax so that blood flow to the heart.But we do not advise people to eat chili excessive. A good diet is all about balance. And remember, chili is not a substitute for medical drugs that have proven benefits.

3. Skin Potatoes 
Usually, people only eat meat potatoes and discard the skin. But apparently, potato skins are considered trash has a high fiber content that can lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels and reduce fat storage. Normal cholesterol can help prevent heart disease and stroke.The skin potatoes should be eaten, because of the high fiber content is very good for people who suffer from high blood pressure and diabetes. Due to the type of fiber dissolves in water it can control insulin.

4. Greens 
According to research in Sweden, green vegetables can reduce the chances of heart attack by 25 percent. This conclusion was obtained after the researchers looked at the dietary intake of antioxidants 30,000 Swedish women aged 49-83 years. In fact, participants who were found to have the highest antioxidant intake chances are 20 percent less likely to have a heart attack than the low intake of participants.

4 Unhealthy Lifestyle for Pregnant Women

4 Unhealthy Lifestyle for Pregnant Women - Unhealthy lifestyles have a negative effect on health. Starting from a decline in health, premature aging to the difficulty of getting offspring may be caused by poor lifestyle.

The Following, 4 Unhealthy Lifestyle for Pregnant Women:

1. Smoking is one example of an unhealthy lifestyle
Luke Peppone research conducted at the University of Rochester in New York and Dr. Kenneth Piazza of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York to prove it. They studied 4800 women who become patients at Roswell Park. Four out of five respondents admitted women exposed to cigarette throughout their lives. After investigation found, 11% of women claimed to have difficulty conceiving. 1/3 of women experience one or more miscarriages.

While the woman whose parents smoked, 26% more difficulty conceiving. Women who become passive smokers, 39% risk of miscarriage.

2. Unhealthy lifestyle is like drinking alcohol. A study in Denmark, involving 430 couples who want children to prove how much alcohol can make it difficult to have offspring. Results were expressed ability of women to have children decreases with increasing frequency of alcohol he consumed.

3. Caffeine is also responsible for the low level of fertility.
Coffee that often make you drowsy awake when it makes the blood vessels and blood flow to the uterus tense, making it difficult for fertilization. Coffee is not the only drinks that contain caffeine. Tea and cola drinks also contain caffeine, although there were not many.

4. White rice can be the culprit turns out you have difficulty conceiving.
Carbohydrates are easily digested such as rice, potatoes and sugar can make blood sugar rise that increased insulin production. Types of carbohydrates can interfere with the performance of hormones needed for pregnancy. So you should replace your carbohydrate intake with brown rice and whole wheat bread. Expand also eat vegetables and fruit.