July Round-up of Nutrition News From Around the Web (and More)

The hot summer days are here; meaning lots more time outside and less time in front of a screen. But this doesn’t mean that there is nothing going on in the world of nutrition and health. Read on for my round-up from the month of July…..

Top Ten Reads From My Feed

Nutrition

1. New Vitamin D Recommendations: Great summary of the new UK government commissioned recommendations on Vitamin D …. Or you can find the full 300+ page report here. This article also provides tips on getting more vitamin D.

2. Pregnant women wasting money on vitamin supplements, study says: But bottom line, women should continue to take folic acid and vitamin D

3. 13 Things Nutritionists Actually Want You to Know: Yep, this is true… this is how we actually feel!

4. Shop Bought Meals ‘Healthier for Infants than Homemade Ones’: I was really surprised by this headline which reports the results of this study where researchers compared the cost and nutritional content of commercial infant foods versus cookbook recipes for infant meals. I need to look at it closer!
5. The Foods Everyone Was Obsessed With Most the Last 40 Years : Spoiler alert… the year 1999 was all about Cosmos thanks to ‘Sex in the City’!

Health

6. Americans are Becoming Shorter Compared to Other Nationalities: One hypothesis is that it is due to poor nutrition. Thoughts?
7. Using the Web or an App Instead of Seeing a Doctor? Caution is Advised : Ever seen the plaque “Don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree” displayed in your Doctors office?
8. Pokeman Go Wants to be the Exercise app that actually works

Parenting

9. To the Thirtysomething Mums 

Travel

10. Summer Travel and the Zika Virus

Best of the Rest

• The Day I made My Son Take My Picture and Why You Should Too 
• Eating more saturated fats raises risk of early death, says US study
• The Tragically Hip: Canada Waves Goodbye to a National Treasure 
• Is Soy Safe? 
• 11 Things That Have Me Saying WTF and FTS These Days? : Warning, this article drops a lot of F-bombs but yeah, what is going on with the world these days?

Recipes Tried and Tested

• 8 Surprising Ice Cube Tray Hacks
• Raw Avocado Lime Tart
• Vegan smashed chickpeas and avocado and lemon 

Yes, you guessed it. I am not a huge lover of avocados and had some to use up!

Inspired By….

Kate Granger, was a young doctor and cancer patient. I have been so inspired reading about her contribution to patient care through her ‘Hello, my name is’ campaign. Kate died this month, just 3 days after reaching her £250,000 fundraising goal for the Yorkshire Cancer Centre in Leeds. Take a few moments to read more about her story here.

Blog Envy ….

Weighty Matters is a blog written by Yoni Freedhof, Canadian doctor and obesity expert. If you are interested in a big picture perspective on the health of our population then you will learn a lot here. Here is an abstract from one of his most recent musings that struck a chord with me…. “the food industry will spend 75 times more money trying to get you to buy Coca-Cola, KFC, Cheerios, Dunkin, etc., than the government will be spending on their “MoonShot” to cure cancer”….. crazy right?!

My Highlights of the Month

• Coco’s 5^th birthday. She was granted her birthday wish of a pony ride and unicorn cake.
• Alonzo being struck by a motorcycle! Not a ‘highlight’ in a positive sense but this freak accident was a reminder of how our lives can change in an instant, and how blessed we are to be a happy and healthy family unit. He also, miraculously, did not have a scratch or bruise on him!