Food and Wellness
At a Legacy Women Connect dinner in April, members enjoyed such a rich discussion on “food for health” that we established a new Legacy cohort for further exploration of the topic! Cohort members then convened at a Legacy member’s home in December for a gathering with Dr. Joon Yun, pioneer in the food and wellness space.
Resources shared at the gatherings included:
Books & Films:
- The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, by David Kessler
- Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, by Michael Moss
- Drawdown, by Paul Hawken
- Film: The Devil We Know
Research:
- Cancer Free Economy Network
- Chemicals Industry Library at UCSF
- Obesogens – certain chemicals that program us to be fat, impactful for new/unborn babies
- Sustainable Development Goals
- UCSD Glyphosate research
Institutions:
- Center for Environmental Health
- EWG – Environmental Working Group
- FoodCorps, connects kids to healthy food in school
- Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts (the MBA for foodies)
- Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Products:
- CBD = non-THC cannabinoid, anti-inflammatory
- PH sticks to test your body’s acidity levels
- Safe pans: stainless steel, cast iron, glass, Le Creuset (not Teflon, not aluminum)
- Sunlight Inside, indoor lighting company – Konrad Jarausch, Capricorn
Other resources:
- B-Corp
- Because Health
- Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives – culinary institute in Napa
- Ketogenic diet, very low carb