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