Links and resources
Healthy food
Eat Well Guide has listings of local restaurants, farms, markets and other sources of sustainable food. www.eatwell.org
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Local farms often sell their produce directly to consumers rather than via a store. This means that you get fresh produce at lower prices and they get a better return – win-win. www.localharvest.org/csa/
Eat Wild. A resource for information about eating as we evolved to do, with sources to buy from. www.eatwild.org
Real Food Bay Area. Offers a wide range of locally grown, unprocessed foods, including raw dairy (milk, cream, butter and cheese), pastured eggs and chicken, grass-fed meats, genuine slow-fermented sourdough breads and many other healthy products. Orders are delivered to locations throughout the Bay Area for pick up.
Order online via http://www.realfoodbayarea.com
Grub Market. Another online ordering resource. Offers a wide range of organic, pastured and/or grass fed dairy, eggs, meat, baked goods and produce. Orders are delivered to your door. www.grubmarket.com/home
Thrive Market. Thrive Market is an online store offering natural and organic products at wholesale prices, delivered to your home. Thrive Market is a membership community with an annual membership fee, carrying food, supplements, and natural home, personal care and beauty products at 25-50% off retail prices. www.thrivemarket.com
The Cornucopia Institute. Research and investigation into agricultural and food issues, providing information to family farmers, consumers and other stakeholders in the good food movement and to the media. The organization supports economic justice for the family-scale farming community – partnered with consumers – backing ecologically produced local, organic and authentic food. www.cornucopia.org
Table Transformation. An online cooking course showing you how to make healthy, nutrient-dense food. http://foodwifery.com
Nutritional Therapy
For more information about Nutritional Therapy, check out the following resources:
Nutritional Therapy Association
The NTA’s philosophy is that the myriad of health problems plaguing modern society result from weaknesses in the body’s physiological foundations brought on by poor nutrition. As an educational organization, NTA is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals understand and reverse the negative effects of the modern diet. www.nutritionaltherapy.com
Weston A Price Foundation
The Weston A. Price Foundation was founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr Weston Price, whose studies of isolated non-industrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr Price’s research demonstrated that people achieve optimal health when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and healthy animal fats. The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. www.westonaprice.org The Foundation also produces a quarterly journal, Wise Traditions.
Other nutrition resources
Grassroots Health
GrassrootsHealth is a nonprofit public health research organization dedicated to moving public health messages regarding vitamin D from research into practice. http://grassrootshealth.net
Homeopathy
If you want to find out more about homeopathy, you may find the following resources helpful.
Homeopathic organizations:
National Center for Homeopathy
Offers information about what homeopathy is, background information and how to use remedies for first aid situations. Also publishes a magazine, Homeopathy Today. www.homeopathycenter.org
North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)
An organization for professional homeopaths, also offering a library of research resources and its annual publication, The American Homeopath. www.homeopathy.org
Homeopathy Research Institute
An international institute dedicated to facilitating high quality research into homeopathy. Has a number of useful resources, including FAQs, research and information on the homeopathy debate. www.hriresearch.org
Homeopathic pharmacies:
Hahnemann Pharmacy: a California-based manufacturer of high-quality remedies. www.hahnemannlabs.com
Boiron: the world's largest manufacturer of homeopathic remedies. www.boironusa.com
For women - beauty and more!
Skin Care: A wonderful range of skin care products so pure you could eat most of them! Made with Canadian botanicals and other organic ingredients. www.indigenaskincare.com
Fiera is a unique and discrete sexual enhancer for women. www.fiera.com
OMGYes Educational web site focussing on women's pleasure and sexual response. Note: Contains explicit content, must be 18 to view. www.OMGYes.com
Books on Nutrition and Homeopathy
Nutrition
General introduction:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan brought real food to our attention with this thoughtful investigation into where our food comes from.
Available from Amazon.com
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
An examination of how low-fat, high-carb diets lead to weight gain.
Available from Amazon.com
Introduction to the concept of nutrient-dense eating:
Eat the Yolks by Liz Wolfe
Very readable (and entertaining) outline of the basics of nutrient-dense whole-food eating, dispelling many of the food myths that confuse us. Available from Amazon.com
Eat Naked by Margaret Floyd
How to enjoy, find and prepare delicious, natural, unprocessed foods.
Available from Amazon.com
Going deeper:
Death by Food Pyramid by Denise Minger
This meticulously researched book exposes the way special interests, politics and poor-quality science have shaped national dietary recommendations, and shows how our health has suffered as a result.
Available from Amazon.com
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
An exploration of how traditional, nutrient-dense foods are good for us, with recipes.
Available from Amazon.com
Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan MD and Luke Shanahan
Intriguing book describing why your genes need traditional foods to help your body function optimally.
Available from Amazon.com
More technical:
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr Weston A Price
Dr Price's account of his worldwide travels in search of the foundations of traditional healthy diets. A little dated in its style, but timeless in the wisdom of its content.
Available from Amazon.com
Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, PhD
In-depth examination of different types of fats and how they affect the body.
Available from Amazon.com
Introduction to homeopathy:
Homeopathy: Beyond Flat Earth Medicine by Timothy Dooley
A very readable, easy to understand introduction to homeopathy.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
Homeopathy
Introductory
Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy by Amy Lansky
The author describes how her son was cured of autism by homeopathy; also includes information about the history and principles of homeopathy, with accounts of research findings.
Available from Amazon.com
Small Doses, Big Results by Karl Robinson
The author is a homeopathic physician who shows how homeopathy can help a variety of chronic conditions that conventional medicines cannot cure. Available from Amazon.com
More information, including how to use homeopathy for yourself and your family
The Complete Homeopathy Handbook by Miranda Castro
An excellent book describing the basics of homeopathy with a lot of advice on how to select and use remedies for minor illnesses and first-aid situations.
Available from Amazon.com
Homeopathy for Mother and Baby by Miranda Castro
Focussing on homeopathy for pregnancy, birth and the early years.
Available from Amazon.com
More in-depth, if you want to go deeper into the subject:
The Emerging Science of Homeopathy by Paolo Bellavite and Andrea Signorini
Describes research into homeopathy and the emergence of models of the mechanism of action of remedies.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
The Science of Homeopathy by George Vithoulkas
One of the world's foremost homeopaths explains the theory and practice of homeopathy.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
The Homeopathic Revolution by Dana Ullman
Describes how many prominent historical figures used homeopathy, including Mark Twain and Charles Darwin.
Available from Amazon.com
Eat Well Guide has listings of local restaurants, farms, markets and other sources of sustainable food. www.eatwell.org
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Local farms often sell their produce directly to consumers rather than via a store. This means that you get fresh produce at lower prices and they get a better return – win-win. www.localharvest.org/csa/
Eat Wild. A resource for information about eating as we evolved to do, with sources to buy from. www.eatwild.org
Real Food Bay Area. Offers a wide range of locally grown, unprocessed foods, including raw dairy (milk, cream, butter and cheese), pastured eggs and chicken, grass-fed meats, genuine slow-fermented sourdough breads and many other healthy products. Orders are delivered to locations throughout the Bay Area for pick up.
Order online via http://www.realfoodbayarea.com
Grub Market. Another online ordering resource. Offers a wide range of organic, pastured and/or grass fed dairy, eggs, meat, baked goods and produce. Orders are delivered to your door. www.grubmarket.com/home
Thrive Market. Thrive Market is an online store offering natural and organic products at wholesale prices, delivered to your home. Thrive Market is a membership community with an annual membership fee, carrying food, supplements, and natural home, personal care and beauty products at 25-50% off retail prices. www.thrivemarket.com
The Cornucopia Institute. Research and investigation into agricultural and food issues, providing information to family farmers, consumers and other stakeholders in the good food movement and to the media. The organization supports economic justice for the family-scale farming community – partnered with consumers – backing ecologically produced local, organic and authentic food. www.cornucopia.org
Table Transformation. An online cooking course showing you how to make healthy, nutrient-dense food. http://foodwifery.com
Nutritional Therapy
For more information about Nutritional Therapy, check out the following resources:
Nutritional Therapy Association
The NTA’s philosophy is that the myriad of health problems plaguing modern society result from weaknesses in the body’s physiological foundations brought on by poor nutrition. As an educational organization, NTA is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals understand and reverse the negative effects of the modern diet. www.nutritionaltherapy.com
Weston A Price Foundation
The Weston A. Price Foundation was founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr Weston Price, whose studies of isolated non-industrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr Price’s research demonstrated that people achieve optimal health when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and healthy animal fats. The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. www.westonaprice.org The Foundation also produces a quarterly journal, Wise Traditions.
Other nutrition resources
Grassroots Health
GrassrootsHealth is a nonprofit public health research organization dedicated to moving public health messages regarding vitamin D from research into practice. http://grassrootshealth.net
Homeopathy
If you want to find out more about homeopathy, you may find the following resources helpful.
Homeopathic organizations:
National Center for Homeopathy
Offers information about what homeopathy is, background information and how to use remedies for first aid situations. Also publishes a magazine, Homeopathy Today. www.homeopathycenter.org
North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)
An organization for professional homeopaths, also offering a library of research resources and its annual publication, The American Homeopath. www.homeopathy.org
Homeopathy Research Institute
An international institute dedicated to facilitating high quality research into homeopathy. Has a number of useful resources, including FAQs, research and information on the homeopathy debate. www.hriresearch.org
Homeopathic pharmacies:
Hahnemann Pharmacy: a California-based manufacturer of high-quality remedies. www.hahnemannlabs.com
Boiron: the world's largest manufacturer of homeopathic remedies. www.boironusa.com
For women - beauty and more!
Skin Care: A wonderful range of skin care products so pure you could eat most of them! Made with Canadian botanicals and other organic ingredients. www.indigenaskincare.com
Fiera is a unique and discrete sexual enhancer for women. www.fiera.com
OMGYes Educational web site focussing on women's pleasure and sexual response. Note: Contains explicit content, must be 18 to view. www.OMGYes.com
Books on Nutrition and Homeopathy
Nutrition
General introduction:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan brought real food to our attention with this thoughtful investigation into where our food comes from.
Available from Amazon.com
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
An examination of how low-fat, high-carb diets lead to weight gain.
Available from Amazon.com
Introduction to the concept of nutrient-dense eating:
Eat the Yolks by Liz Wolfe
Very readable (and entertaining) outline of the basics of nutrient-dense whole-food eating, dispelling many of the food myths that confuse us. Available from Amazon.com
Eat Naked by Margaret Floyd
How to enjoy, find and prepare delicious, natural, unprocessed foods.
Available from Amazon.com
Going deeper:
Death by Food Pyramid by Denise Minger
This meticulously researched book exposes the way special interests, politics and poor-quality science have shaped national dietary recommendations, and shows how our health has suffered as a result.
Available from Amazon.com
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
An exploration of how traditional, nutrient-dense foods are good for us, with recipes.
Available from Amazon.com
Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan MD and Luke Shanahan
Intriguing book describing why your genes need traditional foods to help your body function optimally.
Available from Amazon.com
More technical:
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr Weston A Price
Dr Price's account of his worldwide travels in search of the foundations of traditional healthy diets. A little dated in its style, but timeless in the wisdom of its content.
Available from Amazon.com
Know Your Fats by Mary Enig, PhD
In-depth examination of different types of fats and how they affect the body.
Available from Amazon.com
Introduction to homeopathy:
Homeopathy: Beyond Flat Earth Medicine by Timothy Dooley
A very readable, easy to understand introduction to homeopathy.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
Homeopathy
Introductory
Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy by Amy Lansky
The author describes how her son was cured of autism by homeopathy; also includes information about the history and principles of homeopathy, with accounts of research findings.
Available from Amazon.com
Small Doses, Big Results by Karl Robinson
The author is a homeopathic physician who shows how homeopathy can help a variety of chronic conditions that conventional medicines cannot cure. Available from Amazon.com
More information, including how to use homeopathy for yourself and your family
The Complete Homeopathy Handbook by Miranda Castro
An excellent book describing the basics of homeopathy with a lot of advice on how to select and use remedies for minor illnesses and first-aid situations.
Available from Amazon.com
Homeopathy for Mother and Baby by Miranda Castro
Focussing on homeopathy for pregnancy, birth and the early years.
Available from Amazon.com
More in-depth, if you want to go deeper into the subject:
The Emerging Science of Homeopathy by Paolo Bellavite and Andrea Signorini
Describes research into homeopathy and the emergence of models of the mechanism of action of remedies.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
The Science of Homeopathy by George Vithoulkas
One of the world's foremost homeopaths explains the theory and practice of homeopathy.
Available from www.nature-reveals.com
The Homeopathic Revolution by Dana Ullman
Describes how many prominent historical figures used homeopathy, including Mark Twain and Charles Darwin.
Available from Amazon.com