Link Love: Our Reality TV Obsession, Why Friends With Benefits Doesn’t Work, and How Sitting Too Much Will Decrease Your Life Expectancy

A round-up of what we’re reading right now.

Healthy fats: you need them, so learn to love them. [Via Organic Authority]

Been sitting a lot lately? Turns out that’s not so good for your life expectancy. [Via Wall Street Journal]

Will someone just make us these Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites (gluten free and vegan of course) already? [Via Girlie Girl Army]

Friends with benefits? Not so much. [Via How About We]

Just what is it about reality television that makes us so obsessed? [Via Greatist]

A new project seeks to share the stories of women and abortions – who gets them and how are we influenced by their stories. [Via The Frisky]

Get to the heart of Mexican soul food with a food lover’s narrative on Mexico City. [Via Afar]

These beet sandwiches just might be the most adorable food ever.  [Via Small Kitchen College]

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Anna Brones

Anna Brones is a food + travel writer with a love for coffee and bikes. She is the author of The Culinary Cyclist and Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break. Catch her weekly column, Foodie Underground.