References to Review
These references and books provide a significant amount of information for the basis of revolutionary Optimal Human Nutrition program (OHN). Please do your due diligence. Don’t take our word for it. “Question all Authority”.
a. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html (Taubes article in the NY Times)
b. http://higher-thought.net/wp-content/uploads/Notes-to-Good-Calories-Bad-Calories.pdf (30pg quick reference for Taubes’ book – “Good Calories, Bad Calories”.
c. www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/science/09tier.html?_r=2&ei=5090&en=1e79460e1525cee2&ex=1349582400&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print& On the “Mistaken consensus regarding the low fat/high carb diet.
d. http://nutritionandhealth.info/downloads Article by G.Taubes – “The Soft Science of Dietary Fat” ”Science”, Vol 291, 30 March 2001
e. http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art2009&zTYPE=2 (this is in regard to why too much grain in the diet can be unhealthy)
f. http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html (on grains/lectins).
g. http://www.greenmedinfo.com/page/dark-side-wheat-new-perspectives-celiac-disease-wheat-intolerance-sayer-ji (toxicity of grains)
h. http://www.greenmedinfo.com/content/opening-pandoras-bread-box-critical-role-wheat-lectin-human-disease (part B of the above article on grains. )
i. http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/price/pricetoc.html (this is the study done by Dr. Weston Price.)
j. http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/price.html (A great summary of Price’s observations)
k. http://www.westonaprice.org/ (this is the Weston Price Foundation site)
l. http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ (this is a practicing MD) Read his blog on “the four patients that changed my life”.
m. Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, regarding fructose; his video – “Sugar, the Bitter Truth”. (on YOU TUBE) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdBnniua6-oM&ei=DfNhUIe5ApKPyAG0j4DQCg&usg=AFQjCNFieQw4KuSluhBtTORnsJNBNzqIeg&sig2=4AoFSUMrsojDnPK9swYmig
n. http://betterworldshopper.org/ (gives info on GMO foods, etc)
o. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/Grass-Fed-Meat-Benefits.aspx
Books
1. Fat: It’s Not What You Think - by Connie Leas, Prometheus Books, 2008. Straight forward info regarding the role of fat & lipids in our diet.
2. “Why We Get Fat and What to do about it.” – Gary Taubes, Knopf, 2011. Clear & unbiased information explaining why insulin & carbs are the problem, NOT fat.
3. “Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease” – Gary Taubes – Knopf, 2007. The complete clinical picture on why insulin & carbs are the problem, NOT fat. A must read for any clinician.
4. “Primal Body—Primal Mind, Beyond the Paleo Diet” - Nora T. Gedgaudas, CNS, CNT, Healing
Arts Press, May, 2011. Provides biological basis for what we were designed to eat plus great detail on
the whole picture of nutrition re: physical & mental health.
5. “The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability” - Lierre Keith, Flashpoint Press/PM Press, 2009. Poignant book on the error of our current agricultural practices & the myth of vegetarian & vegan diets.
6. “Know Your Fats” – Mary G. Enig, PhD – THE primer on fats, the research & why we need certain fats to be healthy. She is an international expert on fat (Lipid) metabolism & trans fats.
7. “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” – Mary G. Enig, PhD and Sally Fallon
8. “Put Your Heart in Your Mouth” - Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, Medinform Pub., 2007
9. “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects” – Dr. Weston Price. This is one of the most seminal research studies written.
10. “Paleo Solution” – Robb Wolf, Victory Belt Pub. 2010. Most up to date Paleo book.
11. “Deep Nutrition” – Catherine Shanahan, MD; Big Box Books 2010. Covers the Big picture regarding nutrition – epigenetics, fetal development, inflammation, Trans fats & atherosclerotic plaque formation and basics on what to eat.
12. “The Perfect Health Diet” – Paul Jaminet, PhD. and Shou-Ching Jaminet, PhD, Yin Yang Publishing, 2010. Comprehensively referenced.
13. “Celiac Disease. A Hidden Epidemic” – by Peter H.R. Greene, M.D. & Rory Jones; William Morrow; Revised edition, Jan. 2010. The most up to date on the entire implications of gluten intolerance.
14. “Wheat Belly” – William Davis, MD. – Rodale books, Aug. 2011. A cardiologist relates his clinical case work regarding his patients and the scientifically documented dangers of wheat.