Resources
NEW!
Nutrition and Healthy Habits for your Brain (PDF) – a slide presentation oriented towards elderly, but valuable for all ages
Recommended Web Sites
- Well Being Journal
- Mother Earth News
- The Cornucopia Institute (Promoting Economic Justice for Family Scale Farming) | on Facebook
- VegWeb (recipes)
- Skin Deep: A Natural Guide to Cosmetics (Environmental Working Group)
- Planet Natural – 100% safe & natural products that really work. For a healthy home, lawn & garden.
Recommended Books
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
Your Health is in Your Hands: The Three Reasons You’re Not Well and What To Do About It by James Jordan, CNC, JD (book/kindle version available from amazon.com)
The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet To: Free Yourself from Food Cravings: Achieve Your Ideal Weight; Enjoy High Energy and Robust Health; Prevent and Reverse Disease by William Wolcott and Trish Fahey
Radical Healing: Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative MedicineBy Rudolph Ballentine
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon with Mary Genig, Ph.D.
Pain Free. Pete Egoscue. Written by the genius anatomical physiologist Egosue. A practical series of exercises and stretches that stop chronic pain if used consistently. A must have self-care book.
Living Healthy in A Toxic World, Steinman and Wisner. The ultimate in practicality for reducing one’s exposures to toxic chemical, metals, and radiation. Easy reading, funny and highly educational. A must have for the health and environmentally conscious citizen.
The Ancient Secret of The Fountain of Youth. Peter Kelder. An inspiring story of rejuventation and healing through the use of physical and spiritual exercises and diet taught by Tibetan Buddhist monks to a sickly British army officer in the early part of the last century. Diagrams and teaches the classic Tibetan Five Rites yoga exercises.
By Andrew Weil…
Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Embrace Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself
and
8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power
Vegan Delights: Gourmet Vegetarian Specialties By Jeanne Marie Martin
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World By John Robbins
Addiction-Free–Naturally: Liberating Yourself from Tobacco, Caffeine, Sugar, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs By Bridgette Mars
The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage By Eric R. Braverman
Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human HealthBy Udo Erasmus
Recommended Films
- The Living Matrix (YouTube)
- What The Health (1 hr., 32 min.) – On Netflix or YouTube
Examines the link between diet and disease, and the billions of dollars at stake in the health care, pharmaceutical and food industries. - What’s with Wheat? (YouTube trailer)
- Forks Over Knives (1 hr., 36 min.) – On Netflix
According to the research of two food scientists, the popularity of processed foods has led to epidemic rates of obesity, diabetes and other diseases. - Hungry for Change (film web site)
- Symphony of The Soil (YouTube trailer)
- Food, Inc. | Facebook page
- Top 10 Health Documentaries Of All Time By David Benjamin – October 3, 2013
ARTICLES (by topic)
General Health
- A simple guide to evaluating your drinking water options – November 18, 2014 by: Derek Henry
- 11 Foods To Avoid That Make You Look Older (PDF file)
- Rodale’s Basic Organic Gardening
- 6 Little Known Signs of Adrenal Fatigue by Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Nutrition
- Study: Vitamin D Is More Effective Than Flu Vaccine
- Top 6 Alkaline Foods To Eat Every Day For Vibrant Health
- Key supplemental nutrients to strengthen the immune system by Dr. David Jockers
- 7 foods to include in your diet to suppress appetite, feel full and control weight (Nov. 30, 2014)
- 16 Health Benefits Of Drinking Warm Lemon Water
- Top 3 Foods to Reduce Joint Pain and Inflammation By Antonia (NaturalNews.com)
- Turmeric and curcumin prevent formation of new blood vessels induced by arsenic, cancer (NaturalNews.com)
- Making Bone Broth a Staple in Your Diet May Be the Key to Improving Your Health (Mercola.com)
- Bone Broth—A Most Nourishing Food for Virtually Any Ailment (Nov. 23, 2014 Mercola.com)
- The GAPS diet (bone broth may be of value for those suffering “leaky gut” syndrome)
- Key supplemental nutrients to strengthen the immune system (Nov. 30, 2014)
- 25 Vegan Sources for Calcium (PDF)
- The amazing health benefits of goji berries (NaturalNews.com)
- Gluten Intolerance Group of Eugene (meetings 2nd Thursday of the month)
Food Preparation/Recipes/Home
- 9 Healthy Kale Recipes (mercola.com)
- Lemon/Olive Oil Drink for Liver/Gall Bladder Cleansing (recipe – PDF file)
- Six food-based medicines that may save your life (NaturalNews.com)
- Foods To Avoid: 11 Foods That Age You
- More Evidence that Sugar Fuels Cancer Growth
- The top alkaline foods that should be included in your diet
- A Powerful, Inexpensive Anti-Inflammatory Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know About
- 10 Reasons You Should Be Drinking Lemon Water Every Morning
- Five practical ways to add kale to your diet
- How to Grow Sunflower Sprouts from Whole Sunflower Seeds (Organic Consumer’s Assoc.)
- High-flavanol cocoa powder and spirulina could prevent senile dementia (NaturalNews.com)
- Moderate chocolate consumption is linked with decreased stroke risk in men
- Why 80% of People Worldwide Will Soon Stop Eating Wheat
- Allergies and cancer on the rise due to GM foods – NaturalNews.com
Healthy Living
- Creating a Toxin-Free Home – How to identify sources of toxins and substitute healthier alternatives
- 7 most popular countertop water filters tested for removal of heavy metals and radioactive elements – NaturalNews.com
- National Sleep Foundation Updates Recommendations For How Much Sleep You Really Need By Sarah Klein, The Huffington Post
- Non-toxic recipes for home products that are safe, healthy, and good for your wallet, too!
- 4 common bathroom products that are more dangerous than you probably know by CLIFF WEATHERS, ALTERNET
- EWG Cleaners Database, Hall of Shame (PDF)
- 4 Steps to Detoxify Your Kitchen by Dr. Mark Hyman (EcoWatch)
- Cookware Recommendations
- Achieve Better Sleep: 7 Tips for a Cleaner and Healthier Bedroom By Firas Kittaneh, HuffingtonPost.com
- What’s the greenest option for painting a fence? (Grist Magazine)
- MOLD
Having problems with mold in your home? Check out the EPA’s publication: “A Brief Guide To Mold, Moisture and Your Home” (PDF), also: from the Office of Environmental Public Health: “Mold in Your Home“
Light
- What Are the Benefits of Sunlight?
- Study: Vitamin D Is More Effective Than Flu Vaccine
- See my NEW Products page for product suggestions!
Stress/Emotional Distress/Depression
- 10 Nutritional Deficiencies That Cause Depression and Mood Disorders (NaturalNews.com blog)
- 11 Ways to Balance Hormones Naturally – Balance Hormones Naturally By Paul Haider
- Principles of Balancing Brain Chemistry (VIDEO: YouTube video by James Jordan, CNC)
- Nutrient deficiencies and depression (VIDEO: YouTube video by James Jordan, CNC)
- Can what you eat affect your mental health? New research links diet and the mind. (Washington Post)
Women’s Health
Herbs/Aromatherapy
- Adaptogens to the Rescue By Steven Horne
- Herbal Antibiotics: An Effective Defense Against Drug-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ By Stephen Harrod Buhner December 2013/January 2014, Mother Earth News
- Rosemary Kills Over 90% of Cervical Cancer and Liver Cancer Cells In Vitro!
- Geranium Oil: Aromatherapy from the “Poor Man’s Rose”
- How To Make An All-Natural Herbal Healing Salve
Toxicity
- Heavy Metal Toxicity: A primary cause of chronic fatigue and pain with James Jordan, CNC, JD (YouTube VIDEO)
- Chemicals and Radiation Linked to Breast Cancer (an A-Z listing of chemical pollutants to watch out for…)
Dental Health
- Healing Cavities Naturally
- Home Remedies for Toothaches, Gingivitis and More By Chelsea Clark, Mother Earth News (12/15/2014)
Sustainability/Food Security
- The Solution Is the Soil: How Organic Farming Can Feed the World and Save the Planet
- An Introduction to Organic Farming (And Why We Should Support It)
- Reduce/Re-use/Recycle
Advice and guidance from a gentle, holistic perspective
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