There was no WGATW post last weekend because I was away on a road trip to the south of Sweden. Paul and his racing partner Björn competed in their opening race of the season, an island to island swim / run race. This is Paul getting doused with champagne after the fellas pulled of an impressive win.
What’s good around the web is a weekly series where I share some of what I’ve been reading around the web. Each week I’ll be posting links to five nutrition related articles, good recipes, and just general good reads. I hope you enjoy it! If you’ve got at article or recipe you’d like to see featured, please email me.
1. The American Medical Association has officially declared obesity a disease. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds for healthcare.
2. Study shows that sweetened milk undermines children's nutrition status. This is in the no duh department for me.
3. Traditional dieting slows metabolism despite exercise. Hrm.
4. USDA banishes junk food from schools (sort of).
5. This one is near and dear to my heart... Who is best qualified to provide nutrition counselling?
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Christine
Help please! I'm trying to follow the link for #5, but it links to the article for #4! Thanks!
themuffinmyth
Thanks Christine! Fixed now 🙂
Leanne
Congrats to Paul and his running partner! Great articles, as usual, but the sweetened milk one rung a bell for me. Henry's only 13 months, and the adding of sugar to even slightly processed foods has already begun ... in fact, in begins in BABY food!! I've made all his food until very recently, when I decided to keep something in my purse for emergencies. I wanted something that wouldn't go bad (so fruit was out; I've discovered really gross, forgotten clementines on occasion), could withstand heat, and could be smooshed. I only found one food product-- the LARAbar (certain ones)-- that fit the bill. In my search, I learned that basically everything has added sugar, usually more than one form of it, and has a lot of it, to boot! I was appalled.
themuffinmyth
That is appalling, but sadly, not all that surprising. Our food system is such a mess! It's good that you were able to find at least *something* you can pack along with you. I hope that with consumer pressure (we speak loudly with our dollars) food companies will start ditching the sugar in kids products and making healthier packable foods. Wistful thinking?