Links

Here are some of my favorite links, health-related and otherwise. Harvard Nutrition Source A good source of up-to-date, high-quality science-based nutrition information NutritionData Contains a huge, searchable database of nutrition information for many foods World's Healthiest Foods A science-based nonprofit site devoted to educating people about healthy foods WebMD A good source of medical information and news on the internet Dr. Weil Science-based natural health site Rebecca Wood Great source of information on preparing whole foods for health and pleasure US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Gives you access to US government health statistics and information United States Department of Agriculture Information on agriculture regulations and news Weston A Price Foundation Carrying on the message of Weston Price, an important nutrition scientist League of Conservation Voters Get information on your local politicians' environmental voting records Seattle Soto Zen My current Zen group, led by Kyoan Sandy Taylor Blue Ridge Zen Group My original Zen group in Charlottesville, VA, led by my friend Teido Bill Stephens Seattle Naturopathic Clinic Home of Rebecka Campbell, ND

Books

Here are some books that have helped me learn about health and nutrition. I highly recommend them for further reading. Eat, Drink and be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating by Walter C Willett, MD This comprehensive book sums up a huge amount of nutrition research. Dr Willett does a good job of casting a sceptical eye on accepted health dogmas. Throw out your fad diet books, because this rock-solid work will make them all look juvenile. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A Price, DDS Weston Price was a dentist who traveled the world in the 1920s, seeking out indigenous cultures who still ate a natural diet. What he found was astonishing: he documented a dozen different societies throughout the world in which everyone had perfectly straight teeth, broad dental arches and almost no cavities. Their dental arches were broad enough to accept wisdom teeth, without exception. As soon as they began eating modern foods, they got cavities and their children grew up with crooked teeth, narrow dental arches and narrow faces. The implication is that the majority of people in modern societies are suffering from nutrition deficiencies that cause mild developmental deformities. He specifically points to the fat-soluble animal vitamins A and D, of which these cultures consumed about ten times more than industrialized humans. Much of his research is published in the respectable peer-reviewed journals of his day (and ours): Nature, JAMA, JADA and others. His work is largely ignored by mainstream science today, which baffles me.