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Past Speaking Events Recordings and Notes
"Get Healthy Now" FREE teleclass notes and recording (October 20, 2009)
"Got Cravings" Workshop handouts and recording
The Holistic Moms Network
I am a co-leader of the Monouth County Chapter of HMN. The Holistic Moms Network is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization connecting parents who are interested in holistic health and green living. We encourage moms to trust their instincts, parent from the heart, use their innate sense of what is best for their children, live in balance with the Earth, and learn about the pros and cons of all healthcare and parenting options. We have about 70 member in our vibrant local community. There are over 140 chapters worldwide.
Learn More www.holisticmoms.org
Nutritional Supplements I Recommend
- Juice Plus (www.juiceplus.com) The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends we eat 7 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Most people don't come anywhere close. Clinically proven Juice Plus+ helps you bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you do eat, every day.
- Metagenix (www.metagenics.com) Seeking to help people improve their health and reverse chronic illness via quality products and services and leading edge nutritional science.
Recipes
Websites I Recommend (a more complete list is provided for my clients upon a program agreement).
Sustainable Eating
- Local Harvest (www.localharvest.com) offers a definitive and reliable nationwide directory of CSAs, farmers markets, family farms, and other local food sources.
- Organic.org (www.organic.org) “Our mission is to educate people on the benefits of organic agriculture, food and products. We believe it is crucial to understand what the word 'organic' means, what types of products are available, the significance of purchasing them, and finally, how someone with little knowledge about organics can begin to take steps towards an organic lifestyle.”
- Seafood Watch (www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp)—a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources—offers a downloadable, pocket-sized region-by-region guide to eco-friendly seafood.
- Sustainable Table (www.sustainabletable.org) offers an introduction to the sustainable food movement and the issues surrounding it, plus resources for further investigation.
Organic Farming and Gardening
- Garden Simply (www.gardensimply.com) their goal is to make your organic garden work sustainable; be more productive, and ultimately more fun.
- Northeast Organic Farming Association (www.nofanj.org)offers outreach and technical services to organic gardeners and farmers, and to conventional farmers interested in incorporating organic practices into their production systems. NOFA/NJ's educational programs include a newsletter, a growers-only newsletter on specialized topics, an annual educational conference, meetings on agricultural topics, exhibits at fairs and events throughout the state, and distribution of fact sheets and other publications.
For Parents and Children
- Organic: It’s Worth It (www.organicitsworthit.com) A site of the Organic Trade Association (www.ota.com) that shows kids, adults, teachers and parents why choosing organic foods makes a difference for families, health, the environment, and the community.
- Parents Against Junk Food (www.parentsagainstjunkfood.org) non-profit organization devoted to eliminating junk food from our public school system.
- Real Mama (www.realmama.org) Real Mama, Inc.’s mission is to inform and educate mothers and families about how to integrate environmental stewardship into everyday life with the ultimate goal of increasing the health of families as well as awareness and conservation of the natural environment through our most important resources, our children.
Some of My Favorite Individuals Changing the World
- Andrea Beaman (www.andreabeaman.com) a nationally known holistic health counselor who successfully healed her “incurable” thyroid disease with health-promoting foods, exercise and other natural. She’s also an author and host of Wise Up.
- Anne Louise Gittleman (www.annlouise.com) health guru, weight loss/detox expert, author, spokesperson, and natural foods icon. She’s most famous for her New York Times bestseller The Fat Flush Plan and my favorite book Your Body Knows Best among many others.
- Christina Pirello, MFN, CCN (www.christinacooks.com) one of America’s preeminent authorities on natural and whole foods who at 26 was diagnosed with terminal leukemia that had already advanced to an acute stage. After fourteen months of eating beans, grains and vegetables, her cancer was gone. She is now the host of her own Emmy award winning PBS show “Christina Cooks” teaching whole foods cooking classes, conducting lifestyle seminars and lecturing all over the United States about the powerful role food plays in our lives. She has written several books and with her husband Robert owns Christina Trips, a travel company specializing in healthy vacations to exotic destinations.
- Jamie Oliver (www.jamieoliver.com) a television chef most famous for his show Naked Chef, and most recently for his ABC production of Food Revolution.
- Joel Fuhrman (www.drfuhrman.com) a board–certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. His private practice is located in Flemington, New Jersey. He is the author of Eat To Live: The Revolutionary Plan for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss.
- Joel Salatin (www.polyfacefarms.com) owner of Polyface farms, “America’s premier non-industrial food production oasis” with the mission to develop emotionally, economically, environmentally enhancing agricultural enterprises and facilitate their duplication throughout the world. Joel has written several books on his experience to help others do the same.
- Joshua Rosenthal (www.integrativenutrition.com/about) founder and director of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, the school where I learned my profession.
- Mark Bittman (www.markbittman.com) a professional food writer and former senior writer (later editor) of Cook's (the predecessor of Cook's Illustrated). Mark writes for The New York Times and wrote How to Cook Everything and Food Matters.
- Marion Nestle (www.foodpolitics.com) Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of several books including Food Politics and What to Eat.
- Michael Pollan (www.michaelpollan.com) an award winning investigative journalist who wrote Omnivores Dilemma and In Defense of Food. Most recently, he came out with Food Rules, a handbook for what and how to eat.
- Sally Fallon Morell (www.westonaprice.org) the President and Treasurer of the Weston A. Price Foundation, is a journalist, chef, nutrition researcher, homemaker, and community activist. She is the author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats.
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