1. Salt in the American Diet
According to a report by the CDC, 10 types of processed foods account for 44% of our daily salt consumption:
1. Bread and rolls
2. Luncheon meats
3. Pizza
4. Processed poultry products (like chicken nuggets and patties)
5. Soups
6. Cheeseburgers and other sandwiches
7. Cheese
8. Pasta
9. Meat dishes
10. Snack foods like pretzels, chips and popcorn
Ten great reasons to choose whole foods! By the way, the salt shaker is responsible for only 6% of American sodium consumption.
2. Now For Some Sugar
My mom taxi, fondly referred to as the Estrogen Express, is loaded to the ceiling with Girl Scout cookies, ready for delivery. Pray the dogs don’t eat them while I’m in picking up Thing 2 from her after-school program. It’s happened before, you’d think I’d have learned.
What’s your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? I’m going Thin Mint.
3. Cool Tools
Jon over at 2 Slow 4 Boston has developed a Running Blog Database. Blogs can be sorted by title, city, state, etc so you can find other bloggers in your area, at a race destination, or simply new blogs to enjoy. Head over and add your blog!
Home exchange for marathoners? Here’s a new resource that helps you arrange just that! It’s free to join and it looks to me like a viable option especially for European races.
Have you ever done a home swap? A European race?
