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Nutrition is the heart of health — we really are what we eat. Working together we will find the foods that best suit your body’s unique needs to keep you fit, energetic, clear-minded and joyful.
During our work together, you will have several opportunities to fill out an online nutritional assessment questionnaire. This will help determine where you may have deficiencies — which we can then address with supplements and food choices — and also help gauge your progress.
As your health improves, you’ll find yourself having fewer cravings for foods that don’t support your optimal health. Eventually you should be able to eat moderate amounts of many foods that were initially problematic.
Resources:
Here’s a great article about how to take your vitamins.
Looking for a few good books on eating well? Check here for my recommendations. Do you have favorites not on this list? Let us know!
For the simplest, clearest view of best eating practices, check out Michael Pollan’s Food Rules.
Local Harvest, a national guide to farmers’ markets, farms and CSAs.
Eat Well Guide, another national source for clean, local food.
Omega-3 Learning for Health and Medicine, developed at Purdue University, offers great information about these important fats. One of my favorite websites.
Linus Pauling Institute offers some of the clearest and best-researched information about nutritional supplements.
Nutrition Data website gives you precise nutritional information about whatever’s on your plat.
USDA food sources of nutrients Need magnesium and wondering where to get it? Check here for some good lists, including portion sizes.
Vitamin D Council offers a round up of research on this important nutrient’s multi-system health benefits.
The Weston Price Foundation challenges conventional dietary wisdom in some fascinating ways — and are actually helpful and healthful.
The nutrition department at Loma Linda University’s School of Public Health has a website devoted to the health benefits of nuts.
