Online Resources
Nutrition Basics from SimpleFit
Healthy natural nutrition program.
CrossFit Journal 15: Nutrition -Avoiding Metabolic Derangement
Articles: “Food”, “The Deadly Quartet”, “Responsible Diet Books”, “Cholesterol Myths”, “Hyperinsulniemia” and more.
CrossFit Journal 21: The Zone
Zone overview and meal plans.
Zone Block Chart
Reference table for block values of common foods. Also a good comparison of caloric density.
Suggested Reading (Print)
Protein Power Lifeplan Michael and Mary Eades, M.D.
The Paleo Diet Loren Cordain, Ph.D
The Omnivores Dilemma Michael Pollan
Mastering the Zone Barry Sears, Ph.D
Local Vendors
Park Slope Food Coop
NYC Farmer’s Markets
Closest Vendors: 40. Grand Army Plaza, 39. Carroll Gardens, 11. Union Square
Nutrition Blogs
Robb Wolf
Lectures
Big Fat Lies with Gary Taubes, 02/06/08 Stevens Institute of Technology Gary Taubes, 1:11:47
“Gary Taubes, an award-winning writer for Science, the New York Times Magazine and other publications, came to Stevens to discuss his controversial new bestseller, Good Calories, Bad Calories which argues that much of what we have been told about the relationship between body weight, diet and exercise is wrong” Google Video
The Paleo Diet and Multiple Sclerosis Loren Cordain, Ph.D 1:06:21 (Part one: 22:00)
Part one of the lecture covers the rational behind modeling our nutrition after our hunter-gatherer ancestors and data to support its health benefits. Google Video
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan 59:05
“The UC Davis Mondavi Center presents bestselling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan. He explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals” Google Video