Round Up of Good Posts

Here are several interesting posts from health and nutrition blogs this week:

On The Flying Trapeze, Sara Grace explains  "Why I don't bother with Fat-Free Baked Goods."  In a nutshell: they don't taste as good and are not as satisfying. I agree with Sara: I'd rather have one really good treat than a big pile of so-so, fat-free compromises.

On The Weight of the Evidence, Regina Wilshire defends the very low-carb (ketogenic) diet against  negative findings published by Barry Sears (author of the Zone) and colleagues from Arizona State University.  While Sears and Co. conclude that the ketogenic diet increases the risk of osteoporosis, fatigue, and "bad" cholesterol,  Regina points out some weaknesses and inconsistencies in the studies.

On the Diet Blog, J.M. Graham muses on a recent study finding that it costs (a lot) to eat heatlhy foods. Is a healthy diet becoming unaffordable for too many people? I agree with several commenters who point out that buying healthy whole foods (as opposed to organic frozen meals and highly-processed "healthy" snack foods) is one way to keep the cost of eating healthy down.

Resolved to do more healthy cooking from scratch? Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook, Deceptively Delicious, shows you how to sneak more nutrition into favorite dishes. Her recipe for Macaroni and Cheese (with stealth squash and cauliflower) is profiled by Dana Lilienfeld on our own Diet and Weight Loss Blog. Dana posts a new healthy recipe, with complete nutritional analysis, every day.

And finally, those on gluten-free diets may be feeling a little deprived with all the holiday goodies making the rounds these days. If so, be sure to check out Mike Eberhart's post on his new "Miracle gluten-free baking ingredient." on the Gluten Free Blog.