What resources are available?
Switching to a nutrient-dense, whole foods diet can be challenging. Sometimes, the difficulty comes from not knowing where to eat out, what to buy, or where to buy it. What are the alternatives? What fits the protocol? Help!!!
To get you started, here's a list of places, foods, and sites that I've found to be helpful in this journey to health. Everything on this list is something I personally use (I wouldn't recommend it, otherwise - I promise).
Ganoderma (Reishi) Coffees, Teas, Capsules
Enjoy healthy warm and cold beverages infused with one of the healthiest superfoods on the planet, Ganoderma Lucidum. It’s like a software upgrade for your body!
This powerful adaptogen is one of the most studied herbs on Pub Med, including over 3,000 peer-reviewed studies and articles showing wide-ranging benefits.
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Local farmer’s Markets, FOOD CO-OPS, restaurants
Tomball Farmer’s Market - Saturdays
Season’s Harvest Cafe - Local, farm-to-table restaurant with farm-fresh market on site
Bella Green - Restaurant with Gluten-free, Dairy-free options
Vitality Bowls - Restaurant with quick, healthy options
Clean Juice - Cold-pressed juices, smoothies, acai bowls
True Food Kitchen - Restaurant in Woodlands and Houston (inside the Loop)
Flower Child - Restaurant in Woodlands and Uptown
Cypress Family Farm to Kitchen - Community-supported agriculture (farm box of organic, in-season product), several different pick-up locations
Tomball Family Farm to Kitchen - Community-supported agriculture (farm box of organic, in-season product)
Whitehurst Heritage Farms - Local farm with Cypress pickup, offers pastured chickens, eggs, pork, vegetables, including a new farm box option
Foods & supplements
Paleovalley - Organ meats in capsule form (for those of us, myself included, who can’t get a sufficient amount through our diet) and powdered greens
Coconut Milk - Native Forest Simple (full fat, contains no guar gum)
Coconut oil - Nutiva brand
Coconut butter (manna) - Nutiva brand, you can make this yourself with unsweetened, shredded coconut and a high-speed blender, too
Coconut flakes or shredded - Bob’s Red Mill brand
Coconut sugar - Madhava, Nutiva, and Bob’s Red Mill are all good brands
Coconut aminos - Coconut Secret brand (great replacement for soy sauce)
Protein/collagen powder - Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolysate (unflavored, dissolves in hot or cold beverages)
Cacao powder or nibs - Navitas brand, nibs are like raw chocolate chunks - great for smoothies or “uncereal” or faux-ice cream!
Chocolate chips - Enjoy Life brand, dark chocolate morsels
Cookies and crackers - Simple Mills brand, my favorites are the Double Chocolate cookies and the Rosemary & Sea Salt crackers
Hemp seed - Nutiva brand, good sprinkled over salads or added to smoothies for an extra protein hit
Sea Salt - Real Salt brand
Granulated Kelp - Maine Coast Sea Vegetables brand, great source of iodine
Canned fish - Crown Prince or Wild Planet brands, great source of Omega 3 fatty acids
Dandy Blend - Coffee alternative made with dandelion and chicory root
Nutritional Yeast - Adds a cheesy flavor without the inflammatory dairy part
Personal Items
Acure - hair and body care
Beautycounter - makeup, haircare, and skincare
beU Skincare from Organo - skincare
Savvy Minerals from Young Living - makeup and skincare
ToolS
Almond Cow - for making nut and seed milks inexpensively at home and avoiding the nasty bonus ingredients in store-bought versions
websites
Weston A. Price Foundation - Houston chapter - Nutrition education and resource finder in the Houston area
Nutritional Therapy Association - Nutrition education with great blog posts for more learning
iHerb.com - Health food shopping site
Thrive Market - Subscription-based shopping site with discounted health foods
Other local businesses
Evolution Fitness and Wellness - Functional aging specialists, physical fitness for the over 50 group
Functional Wellness Associates - My functional medicine doc, Dr. Patrick Krupka