Food As Medicine

Websites

USDA's Healthy Eating Index

Harvard Healthy Eating Plate

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

Recommendations for a Sustainable Diet (the double pyramid)

University of Minnesota Extension Service Nutrition Education Programs

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service Center

The Human Genome Project

The Linus Pauling Institute website gives scientific information regarding the role of vitamins, mineral, other nutrients and phytonutrients.

Books

Albers, S. (2003). Eating Mindfully. Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

David, M. (1991). Nourishing Wisdom. New York: Random House.

Halweil, B. (2007). Still No Free Lunch: Nutrient Content of U.S. Food Suffers at Hands of High Yields. Foster, RI: Organic Center.

Hyman, M. (2003). Ultraprevention. New York: Scribner.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to Our Senses. New York: Hyperion.

Kesten, D.,  Scherwitz, L. (2007). The Enlightened Diet. Berkeley, California: Celestial Arts.

Nestle, M. (2002). Food Politics. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Pelletier, K. (1993). Between Mind and Body: Stress, Emotions, and Health in Mind Body Medicine. New York: Consumer Reports Books.

Planck, N. (2006). Real Food. New York: Bloomsbury.

Pollan, M. (2008). In Defense of Food. New York: Penguin Press.

Pollan, Michael (2006). The Omnivore's Dilemma. New York, NY: Penguin Press.

Robbins, J., Ornish, D. (2001). The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World. Berkely, CA: Conari Press.

Taubes, G. (2007). Good Calories, Bad Calories. New York: Knopf.

Weil, A. (2000). Eating Well for Optimal Health. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Weil, A. (2005). Healthy Aging. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Willett, W. (2001). Eat Drink and Be Healthy. New York: Simon & Schuster.