I don’t like tonic water, but did you notice an expiration date on the bottle? When I got some for my husband I noticed the expiration date wasn’t that far in the future.
- Just kidding. We could not find an expiration date on the tonic water.
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How has your summer eating gone?
I have been having fun using the Yuka nutrition app to check foods at the store. (I also sometimes us BobbyApproved app, very stringent - I eat plenty that Bobby disapproves.. but if I find something that makes the Approve list, I take note).
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I thought this was an interesting article in the WP this morning that examined the role of ultraprocessed foods in the US.
From the article:
What’s something that many people get wrong about the obesity and Type 2 diabetes epidemic?
People still have this idea that there’s a lack of personal responsibility that has pervaded society. A lot of people argue that declines in physical activity may have played a role. But while that may be true for some people, there isn’t really much evidence that any of these two factors have played a major role in the spread of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Unless we had this massive loss of willpower across the population that was only manifested in terms of food then this can’t be a real explanation for what’s going on. If you look at the data we have on physical activity, you’ll see that work-related physical activity has gone down, but leisure-time physical activity has actually gone up.
There’s this perception that if we could just get people to take more control over their lives and improve their lifestyles then we could reverse the tide of obesity and diabetes. I’m sure many individuals have had success doing those things — and more power to them. But to expect that that’s going to be the driver of major changes at the population level is a little too much to hope for.
Also:
Our question was: Is there something about ultra-processed foods themselves that causes us to eat excess calories and gain weight — even after you match the amount of calories and macronutrients in them to a diet of minimally processed foods? And the answer was yes. There is something about these foods that causes them to have this property.
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Good article. Thanks for sharing.
I had a really nice peach for snack today. Gonna miss local summertime fruits (and veggies too) in the winter.
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Same although I’m moving onto apples and PB daily and also this time of year I love a good firm pear. Also pear with some good hard nutty cheese.
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Oh, pear with cheese sounds good.
I discovered PB on apple back when I was up at night nursing new babies. (Figured it was a snack that would be easy to drop once they started sleeping through the night.) These days I sometimes snack on pear with almond butter.
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Smoked provolone is heavenly with pears! 
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Accidental healthy snack/side discovery.
I’m making some apple cinnamon sourdough bread (with the butter I put on it, does not fit this thread, lol). It called for some grated honeycrisp apple. I had extra grated that I noticed was starting to get juicy in the small bowl - about a 1/4 cup. I added good sized spoonful of cottage cheese to it and sprinkled with cinnamon and a tad of sugar. Delicious! The apples are really sweet enough and the combo of the 3 items really works. The texture of the grated apples still gives a little “chew” as opposed to like applesauce.
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Good tip! Thanks! I am going to use it. My husband bought a bag of apples that are sweet but hard as rocks! 
So they will be perfect for chopping.
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You might also try chopping or grating the apples to put into pancake batter.
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And add some cottage cheese to the pancake batter too. Seriously!
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Oh, I can highly recommend the Jane Brody whole wheat pancakes with cottage cheese. (My kids called them “fat pancakes”, more typical in appearance than my “thin pancakes“ flat crepes that I make from my Swedish family recipe)
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I actually make Natasha’s apple oladi! 
But they are not suitable for this thread. 
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I also make buckwheat pancakes. Sorta healthy-ish.
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