Resources & Links

Books

Welcoming Food, by Andrew Sterman: A short, concise, and well-written book about the importance of diet in overall health. The author does a marvelous job explaining food as medicine from the viewpoint of Classical Chinese Medicine. He informs the reader with easy-to-follow explanations.

Eight Weeks to Optimal Health, by Andrew Weil: Another modern classic that focuses on the basics of a healthy diet and outlines an easy-to-follow approach to transform your diet. An excellent book for someone new to the subject of dietary transition.

Feeding the Whole Family, by Cynthia Lair: A cookbook that has yummy, simple, and easy-to-follow recipes. Mostly vegetarian, but has some recipes for meat dishes—an excellent book for families that are interested in embarking on a dietary transition together.

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen, by Yaun Wang, Warren Sheir, Mika Ono: A book dedicated to understanding how to incorporate traditional Chinese dietetics and herbs into one’s diet for health purposes. Lots of great information and recipes.

Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon: A wonderfully insightful book that explores the history of food and our relationship to it. Includes recipes and research related to the Weston Price Foundation. Advocates a balanced diet of quality, whole food ingredients that includes animal products. This is a great book for those who do not want to give up animal products and want to educate themselves about how this can be done.

Diet for a New America, by John Robbins: Focuses on the benefits of a vegetarian diet for the well-being of the individual and the planet. It also explores how factory farming impacts our health and environment.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan: Broadly examines our modern relationship with food in its complexities. It provides a great overview of many important aspects regarding the food choices we face today.

In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan: Michael Pollan has said that he wrote In Defense of Food to respond to people asking him what they should eat after reading his previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. This is a good book to serve as a basis of understanding when making dietary choices.

Web

http://www.forksoverknives.com: A website based on the movie of the same name.

http://healingwithwholefoods.com: A website based on the book of the same name.

http://www.vegetariantimes.com: Resource for a vegetarian diet and lifestyle.

http://yumuniverse.com/yumuniverse-cookbook/: A resource for a gluten-free, whole food-based diet and lifestyle.

http://www.livestrong.org: An amazing resource for a healthy, cancer-free lifestyle.

http://www.tcoyf.com: The official companion site of Toni Weschler, author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

Movies

Forks Over Knives: This documentary presents the theory (based on research) that most chronic diseases can be attributed to and treated by diet. Not to be overstated, this is mandatory viewing for anyone suffering from chronic disease.

Supersize Me: An entertaining, insightful, and shocking look at how fast food impacts our health.