Mix Tape [Post] of Awesome #2
18 Apr
I held off on this one since my little health scare drama put me a little off schedule on posts. So, since I know you all were waiting with bated breath ; ) …here are some highlights (good reads, eats, and times) I have been excited to share all week! Again, it’s like your very own New York Times Sunday Edition (a little late). There were some rockin‘ articles and posts that I am so stoked to include. I just want you to know that I put a lot of time into considering what to deem worthy of your precious time; hopefully one of these will jump out at you : )
Oh, Levar Burton... XOXO
Good Reads
- Emily of The Daily Garnish on Pregnancy Cravings and Vegetarianism (I love how Emily is using her pregnancy journey to stay on track with, and even commit further to, living a healthy, clean lifestyle! Love it.)
- Matt of No Meat Athlete’s Four High-Protein Vegetarian Alternatives to Soy (A great post for omnivores too!)
- Erin of Big Girl Feats’ series Out of the Closet (An amazing story of her growth and healing.)
- Lauren-Lucille of Celiac Diva’s vlog about The Not-So Obvious Symptoms of Celiac Disease (It’s definitely not simply digestive issues; some celiac sufferers have no obvious intestinal distress!)
- Mama Pea of Peas and Thank You’s Education on Food summarizing what she took from a Michael Pollan talk
- **** This article, titled, “Is Sugar Toxic?” PLEASE read it. (I never use all caps. Does this show you how badly I want you to read it? The whole thing?)
- **** This article on Precocious (Early) Puberty. This other short article offers an idea of why. The age of puberty is getting lower each year, especially among girls. And it comes with many risks – emotional and physical (diabetes, metabolic disorders, breast cancer, etc.). As someone who had to wear a bra in 2nd grade, and started my period (sorry, TMI? Oops.) in 4th grade, I strongly recommend reading this. Especially if you are a parent. I wholeheartedly believe we can trace the majority of the causation for this back to our hormone-infused food products (specifically meat and dairy), processed foods (including highly estrogenic soy), environmental factors like BPA, and the exposure of young ones to sexualized entertainment. Makes me livid. (Wow — soapbox, sorry.)
Good Eats and Drinks
- Mama Pea @ Peas and Thank You’s Mmmm Sauce (Oh yes.)
- Heather @ Heather Eats Almond Butter’s Chocolate Mint Smoothie (This is happening. Oh man, this is happening.)
- My new gluten-free, vegan doughball flavors:Cinnamon Raisin Coconut (coconut optional) and Dark Chocolate Chip!
- My Minestrone Soup for You (We ate this alll week! Delicious!)
- **** My Vegan Mango Lassi (!!!) (Vegans, rejoice. No yogurt. Just love.)
Good Times
- A Big Scare Turns Into A Win (I am more grateful than ever.)
- The next post in the Think This, Not That series (Yes, a page for this sole purpose! Rock on.)
- The Husband defended his awesome thesis! Woo! Crazy hard worker. Crazy brilliant. Crazy in love with him : )
Meh. I’m not too interesting in The Good Times Department. Shucks.
Did you actually go and read any of these? ; ) If you did, let me know in the comments! xoxo
(Maybe I’ll even send you a treat, you never know!)
I plan on commenting then watching the celiac video (it’s loading atm
) and then going to read about sugar! A faboosh start to the morning, IMHO 
OH and I just read No Meat Athlete’s post, anddd I checked out the mint smoothie, which sounds awesome!
I’m such a nerd. :/
You are the coolest, simply put
xoxo
Great topics Katie! I’m actually really interested to read the Sugar and Puberty ones. In my Biology class last semester we talked about the early onset of puberty happening lately, so it now just interests me to learn more! Thanks for sharing these!
Awesome!
Great mix! I LOVE Gary Taubes – thank you for sharing the Sugar article. Sugar scares me, fo sho. I think that the debate: fat vs sugar (in terms of disease), is fascinating. I feel that in the end it comes down to the obvi – avoid animal fats and avoid processed foods, which include “sugar” and HFCS. The end.
I think eating so much sugar is a huge reason for our health epidemic. So, so, so sad. Especially considering our childhood diabetes and obesity rates, and how sugar is marketed to them early on
Thanks for all the wonderful links. I have 5 open in my browser right now. Lots of reading to do today. Congrats to your husband…I think you should treat him to a chocolate mint smoothie.
Thanks for including me in your mixed tape. I’m honored, and I loved Reading Rainbow back in the day!
Yay! Hope (at least) one of them was a good read for you. Can’t wait to make the husband the smoothie tonight or tomorrow — I know he will be on board with green smoothies once he takes a sip
Thanks for the good reads!
You are most welcome
hahahaha I literally laughed out loud at my desk about the reading rainbow reference
That pretty much made my night Liz.
I definitely want to read that early puberty article — that sounds so interesting (and scary!)
Oh and I made your PB Banana Bombs yesterday — I’m posting about them tomorrow. They tasted so good! (I’m saying tasted since obviously they are all eaten by now)
Oh my gosh — can’t wait!
Even more to add to the list of BFF – I am with you on the early puberty thing. Woot! (and the opposite of woot, that article, woah!). I hope you’re having a better start to the week this week, my love! xo
Thanks dear! Lovelovelove. (And here’s to being women well before our time! Haha/cry cry….
Great round up…I love these posts. I think I found your site from being featured on one! I can’t wait to read the NY Times article!
So glad you made your way to the blog — it’s been a pleasure to meet you (virtually)!
I REALLY love your positive spin on everything you write. You send awesome positive energy vibes via the world wide web. Seriously! Rainbows. Through the web. A Big Scare Turns Into A Win is such a lovely example. Thanks for sharing all of these! I’m going to make some minestrone soup and dough balls this evening and send you positive healing food vibes. Ta ta!
Lindsey, thank you so much! Major hearts to you <3
Oh my goodness, I am completely in love with the Calvin and Hobbes comic you posted
Maybe it’s because I just defended my thesis Saturday morning? Hmmm… haha
Hahaha!
Congratulations!!!
looks like a great list, can’t wait to read them!
Big Congrats to your husband on defending – that’s wonderful and quite an accomplishment!
Hope you find one you like!
I read the sugar article and I totally think that sugar is the reason obesity has skyrocketed. I mean look at our diet…low fat this and low fat that. If you are taking the fat out you have to be replacing it something and more often than not it is being replaced with chemical and carbohydrates (essentially sugar) and yet we are not getting any slimmer despite our “so-called” healthy low-fat diets.
100% agree that terrible “foods” play an undeniable role in our health crisis. Breaks my heart.
i just found your blog via twitter and so excited I did!read all of the good reads… except the preganacy one…not planning on needing that anytime soon ahah!I know it’s definitely time consuming to do all of this so thanks so much for a great post!
Mariah, I’m so glad you found me!
I love when I do these posts and people actually go read the articles and posts, so thank you so much for letting me know! <3
Great reads! I have a bunch of tabs open to go read right now
Thank you!
Yay! Makes me so happy
You’re so welcome!
I would love to hear Michael Pollan speak! I’ve read “In Defense of Food” and plan on picking up his others soon!
I need to get through the entire article on sugar – I’ve heard a lot of feedback from it. I can say without reading it though, that I am so thankful my husband and I have cut it out of our diets quite a while ago.
Nice round up…will need to get through these this week!
Hope you find some you like!
LOVE that sugar article, read it last week from SmartBrief for nutritionists.
So good!
The whole of life can be found in Calvin and Hobbes. Non-fiction.
I would give that claim a fair amount of weight.
Reading Rainbow + Calvin and Hobbes in one post? lol holy flashback!
I read the article about early puberty. I think this is such a concerning topic!
Haha
I aim to resurrect old childhood memories.
Yes, I agree — it’s amazing to me that people are just now starting to talk about it! Augh!!!
I love this ‘mix tape’ idea! so great. thanks for the highlights
So glad you like it!
Oh, and I absolutely love how you spell your name (same as my full name)…I am all about the “erine” (<–something that Katherine's everywhere know about: "Are you an r-y-n, or e-r-i-n-e?" LOL!
TRUE! as nice as it is for people at starbucks etc to put your name on your drink, I don’t think I’ve EVER had it spelled right ((they usually start in with a ‘C’–what!?))
LOL — yes!
Read most of the NY Times sugar article – am going to finish reading tonight. Early puberty strikes close to home as I was saddened to buy my daughter’s 1st bra at age 9 (she could’ve used it at 8 but I COULDN’T!). Ugh! So glad to be able to trace the origins of most of our food these days…. Thanks for the round up!
Oh gosh, yes. I hear you. Heart goes out to your daughter; it is a hard journey to be a girl in a woman’s body!
Check out this USA Today article on early puberty:
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/story/2011/04/Girls-hit-puberty-earlier-than-ever-and-doctors-arent-sure-why/45989054/1
Yes, I read it earlier this week — interesting! Thanks for sharing the link
Made your deeelicous Mango Lassi on Thursday, the Minestrone Soup on Friday (Yum) and the stuffed peppers will be made tonight. Saw the video of Dr. Lustig’s lecture on sugar–excellent, must-see. And Please do not get off your soap box, Katie, especially when it comes to what food is doing to our children. <3
Oh Chris, you fill my heart!
<3 <3 <3 to you!
I was fascinated by the articles on early onset puberty. We were actually just talking about this at school today…the young girls in grade 7 and 8 are fully developed women. Kids are starting to get their periods in fourth or fifth grade. It’s shocking and a little bit concerning…
I know, I have seen girls in 1st grade noticeably developing… I mean that in the plural — more than one girl. A good percentage of them. And honestly, I was the only one in my school fitting that description when I was a child — now it is the norm
great articles I bookmarked them for when I have time to read this week!!
Yay!
I’m still waiting for my breasts to come in – maybe i should up my dairy?
Actually, I’m thinking my 3 years as a milk producer for my munchkins have something to do with my non-existant bosom. Oh well – my kids will thank me some day.
You and I have such similar taste. I’ve already made the Mmm sauce (and used some as a coating for kale chips), had just bookmarked the HEAB smoothie, read the sugar article yesterday and just clicked over to your blog from Daily Garnish. Great minds think/read/click alike.
LOL! Oh man… The sacrifices of motherhood… Love that we think/read/click/are alike
Katie what a great roundup of posts! both the thinking kind and the foodie kind. Love them all…some are new to me, some I saw last week, too. I love your selections!
Thanks Averie!