What’s for dinner? The healthiest combination of protein, carbohydrate, fat, micro-nutrients, and herbs and spices will be unique for each individual and not just any carbohydrate, protein or fat will do. You need to accept the effort  and expense of finding the highest quality food: when it comes to produce look for local, pesticide free and grown in healthy soils; when it comes to animal products look for local, free range animals eating their ancestral diet, hormone and antibiotic free, and humanely treated.  Nutritional recommendations must be individualized based on goals and assessment of what you are currently eating.

Functional nutrition means understanding the roles of nutrient molecules in human beings, and then adapting the applications of those molecules to meet the unique genetic and environmental needs of each particular person.  The study of function tells us that every naturally occurring nutrient, naturally occurring food, and naturally evolving dietary pattern likely has a purpose and design. [1]  There is a mutually-dependent activity of both genetic and environmental factors.  Dairy is a good example of evolving genes and diet. Those who can digest the lactose sugar of dairy products into adulthood, probably have an ancestry with ancient herding peoples in Europe, Asia Minor, and northern Africa.  The coevolutionary dance between our genes and our foods began long before the first farmers and herdsmen and continues to this day”(Nabhan 2004). 

1. The institute of Functional Medicine: Clinical nutrition 2004                                                                                                                  

Great food sources. Produced with the highest of integrity.

Produce:

http://www.oakhillfarm.net/

http://www.greenstringinstitute.org/

The only bread:

http://grindstonebakery.com/

The only milk:                                               

http://organicpastures.com/    

Vegetarian, raw food specialists, order nuts, seeds and olive oil:

http://www.livingtreecommunity.com/       

Great mail order beans:

http://www.ranchogordo.com/  

Local 100% Grass-fed beef, and lamb:

http://www.marinsunfarms.com/

Mail order: wild Alaskan Salmon and other sea foods:

http://www.vitalchoice.com/index.cfm 

Biodynamic and sustainable farming practices:

http://www.benziger.com/farming/farming_biodynamics.php

Websites for health advice 

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

http://www.amihungry.com/weight-management-articles.shtml

http://www.zurinstitute.com/indexpublic.html  (psychological)

http://www.drmirkin.com/archive/List7364-Present.html

The Hall Center for Successful Aging

Websites for researching medical questions:

http://www.metagenics.com/ADAM/----

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

http://www.medicinenet.com

http://www.webmd.com

Websites with sound nutritional information:

http://www.westonaprice.org/index.html

http://www.mercola.com/

DrWeil.com - Official Website of Andrew Weil, M.D.

http://www.vrg.org/index.htm    (vegetarian)

http://www.mendosa.com/gi.htm  (glycemic index and more)

(Drug interactions and more)

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