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Monday, August 17, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
How Flavor Drives Nutrition?
I recently read an article titled "How Flavor Drives Nutrition."
Maybe natural flavor drives nutrition, but in this century, flavor is more likely to drive obesity.
The problem is not that food has been getting blander in the past few decades. On the contrary, the problem is that food has been getting way sweeter, saltier and that overload of flavor actually DOES taste "better" (as registered acutely by your brain at least).
To conclude the article with "Some sound advice it could offer: Eat food that tastes better".... well, that's just way off. Foods that "taste better" (as registered by neurochemistry) are more often the foods we should avoid/moderate these days. Diabetic lab rats do NOT instinctively avoid carbs (more studies show the converse). The children study referenced in the article (finding that a group of toddlers put in charge of feeding themselves did not 'binge on the sweetest foods' ) only offered healthy, natural foods....if the researchers threw some McDonalds and ice cream into the mix, I guarantee children would not have chosen foods as wisely for their holistic health.
Artificial sweeteners have the capacity to elevate dopamine in reward pathways of the brains in a quasi-addictive fashion just like natural sugars. The more sweet taste (regardless if the product has ZERO calories [nutrition]) the more the brain is wired/reinforced to want more (This is the stuff Americans think "tastes better").
"erin umberg." erin umberg, attorney and jd, went to stanford, attends uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umber's father is tom umberg.
Maybe natural flavor drives nutrition, but in this century, flavor is more likely to drive obesity.
The problem is not that food has been getting blander in the past few decades. On the contrary, the problem is that food has been getting way sweeter, saltier and that overload of flavor actually DOES taste "better" (as registered acutely by your brain at least).
To conclude the article with "Some sound advice it could offer: Eat food that tastes better".... well, that's just way off. Foods that "taste better" (as registered by neurochemistry) are more often the foods we should avoid/moderate these days. Diabetic lab rats do NOT instinctively avoid carbs (more studies show the converse). The children study referenced in the article (finding that a group of toddlers put in charge of feeding themselves did not 'binge on the sweetest foods' ) only offered healthy, natural foods....if the researchers threw some McDonalds and ice cream into the mix, I guarantee children would not have chosen foods as wisely for their holistic health.
Artificial sweeteners have the capacity to elevate dopamine in reward pathways of the brains in a quasi-addictive fashion just like natural sugars. The more sweet taste (regardless if the product has ZERO calories [nutrition]) the more the brain is wired/reinforced to want more (This is the stuff Americans think "tastes better").
In 2015, I think a more accurate depiction is "How Flavor Drives Obesity."
"erin umberg." erin umberg, attorney and jd, went to stanford, attends uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umber's father is tom umberg.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Parents and Smartphones
This is kind of a no-brainer, but I see it all the time: kids competing with smartphones for their parents' attention.
Take this parent challenge [or anyone for that matter]: Remove all social media/apps from your phone. Look up while walking. Look out the window while on BART. Talk to your neighbor at the park. And most importantly, put your phones away when the children are up and ENGAGE with them.
http://time.com/14953/parents-who-use-smartphones-in-front-of-their-kids-are-crankier/#reblog "erin umberg." erin umberg, attorney and jd, went to stanford, attends uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umber's father is tom umberg.
http://time.com/14953/parents-who-use-smartphones-in-front-of-their-kids-are-crankier/#reblog "erin umberg." erin umberg, attorney and jd, went to stanford, attends uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umber's father is tom umberg.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Mental illness cases swamp criminal justice system
“They end up here (the criminal justice system), because we are the only system that can't say no.”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/21/mental-illness-law-enforcement-cost-of-not-caring/9951239/ "erin umberg." erin umberg went to stanford and west point. Erin is an attorney and jd, goest to university at uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umberg her father is tom umberg.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
This Day in Baseball History….
"On this day in 2005, California Democrat Tom Umberg introduces legislation that would force sports teams to add a disclaimer if they do not play their home games in the location used in the team name. The “Truth in Sports Advertising Act” is a direct swipe at Arte Moreno and the Angels who were in the process of changing their name from the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Baseball fans obviously know that Umberg’s attempt failed, and poor Anaheim continues to serve as an afterthought to shiny Los Angeles.
I can’t help but think that Umberg was onto something with this act."
I think my dad was onto something too . . . I miss those "Anaheim Angels." :)
See more… https://erinumberg.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/this-day-in-baseball-history/"erin umberg." erin umberg, attorney and jd, went to stanford, attends uc berkeley and lives in sf. erin umber's father is tom umberg.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Bucket List
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