Food Science Articles and Links

[chromedome]

This skews more to agriculture than food science in the direct sense, but "ag science" is basically food science on a macro scale so I'm putting it here rather than in one of our discussions of how food is grown. Short version is that the OP will be writing regularly about the intersection of agricultural and environmental issues.
 

 

[chromedome]

Interesting, albeit the "language" part is rather a stretch. Underlying study is linked in the article, so you can read it for yourself if you wish.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/06/fungi-electrical-impulses-human-language-study

[chromedome]

'Informed hypocrisy" is a great line.

 

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/whats-the-most-climate-friendly-way-to-eat-its-tricky

[chromedome]

A bit of vindication for potato lovers:

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.867378/full

 

(ETA: Yeah, I know, the funding came from potato growers. But they do make a case...)

Edited June 11, 2022 by chromedome (log)

[chromedome]

I'm putting this here as the best fit among several candidates.

 

We've spoken at times on various threads about the various efforts being made to produce food in a more environmentally-friendly manner. There tend to be many, many viewpoints on this, and some deeply-entrenched positions, and relatively few voices attempting a non-dogmatic overview of (to steal a phrase from another link I posted recently) an appropriate level of "informed hypocrisy." Journalists Tamar Haspel and Mike Grunwald are attempting to do just that in a new podcast called Climavores, and they were interviewed about it by the Columbia Journalism Review. So, for those who are interested, here's your look at what they're doing and how they're attempting to do it.

https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/climavores-food-climate-grunwald-haspel.php

 

Disclaimer: I follow Haspel on Twitter but haven't listened to the podcast yet, because time to just listen to something is extremely hard for me to block out. Sadly, there's no transcript (at least, not yet) attached to each episode.

[chromedome]

Is everyone familiar with "the law of unintended consequences"? An interesting discussion of how the move away from hydrogenated oils, and toward plant-based foods, has created some issues around the supply of culinary fats.

 

https://www.the-angry-chef.com/blog/big-fat-problems

[chromedome]

https://www.science.org/content/article/supercharged-biotech-rice-yields-40-more-grain

[farcego]

 

I just found this story in tweeter:

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/130-year-old-menus-show-how-climate-change-is-already-affecting-what-we-eat/

 

But I don't have access to the oroginal research article:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-022-01244-6

 

Not sure what to think before reading the full paper and see how they worked other aspects like increase of transport, refrigeration, and global fishing fleet.

[heidih]

Interesting data collection points but nothing approaching research conclusions. We do need to monitor. From the article "The temporal and spatial variations in MTRS are significantly related to observed patterns of average sea surface temperature and the Mean Temperature of the Catch. This suggests that restaurant menus may be used as a complementary information source regarding changes in marine ecosystems and fisheries and the seafood sector’s responses to these changes. This study also highlights the value of using unconventional information sources and their applications in the detection of climate impacts on oceans and their dependent human communities."

[chromedome]

In an entirely predictable outcome, the editor-in-chief of SciAm has been targeted online for publishing this piece:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eating-too-much-protein-makes-pee-a-problem-pollutant-in-the-u-s/

 

For those who have access to such things through work or a library, here's the study itself:

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fee.2531

[chromedome]

A recent review of how the various macronutients affect satiety and weight gain/loss. The TL;DR version? "It's complicated," and most of the prevailing theories (such as the carbohydrate/insulin model) have sparse support in the data and plenty of contradictions.

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451965021000946

[gfweb]

On 7/30/2022 at 6:40 AM, chromedome said:

In an entirely predictable outcome, the editor-in-chief of SciAm has been targeted online for publishing this piece:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eating-too-much-protein-makes-pee-a-problem-pollutant-in-the-u-s/

 

For those who have access to such things through work or a library, here's the study itself:

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fee.2531

 

Despite being revered by high school science teachers, SA is science journalism, not science.   It has no trouble taking positions on issues and perhaps even an agenda. I don't know, though, I never look at it.

[gfweb]

Eating Ultraprocessed foods, defined as industrial ready to heat products (more or less) show increases in some cancers.

 

Beware, correlation is not causation.

 

I still find it hard to understand why processing itself is risky.  Plant-based fake meat is as ultraprocessed as one can get, yet it is supposed to be a good thing.

 

Is a diet of t his sort the cause or merely the marker for other cancer risks?

 

https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2021-068921

[heidih]

54 minutes ago, gfweb said:

Is a diet of t his sort the cause or merely the marker for other cancer risks?

https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2021-068921

Not exactly breaking news been spouted for some time.. Yes I see it as a marker for other less than ideal food choices (like maybe zero fresh fruit and veg) Makes sense for colo-rectal issues.

Edited September 2, 2022 by heidih (log)

[chromedome]

Kind of a cool overview of the science underlying nutrition.

 

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-food-powers-your-body-metabolism-calories

[chromedome]

The future of coffee? Maybe?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/your-next-pour-over-may-be-liberica-or-excelsa/

[chromedome]

A topic we've discussed desultorily a few times over the years. It's becoming less hypothetical all the time.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/synthetic-meat-will-change-the-ethics-of-eating-11671805446?page=1

[chromedome]

This is a fairly dense read, and it's a study with a small sample size, but it's interesting for its attempt at quantifying factors that affect satiety/overeating (and how their interaction might skew other studies). This is a full-text that was shared by one of the authors.

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00688-4.epdf?sharing_token=KgEBnd6egiIK5Ns25WLfZ9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MXbIHcvsR6IbJXZM86QMg7OnKDe21o1QCCSncQVux_J6KBgDXmdGnwqRfjXyZQF_25UP83ZgQF4JtHAnHsoc5vO_l5zBICiCiG9tPeqhKOOT-k06htRF5TO3rJCduy080%3D

[heidih]

And NYT jumps on   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/well/eat/food-addiction-fat.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230201&instance_id=84168&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=89866068&segment_id=124078&te=1&user_id=85b30ef4fce69e5d87cd5f82ee66fb39