Healthy Eating Resources Online

Over 8,000 organic, natural, and eco-friendly products When I discovered this wonderful online company, I thought "this is the kind of shop I've been looking for for years!" It has everything organic and eco-freindly under the one cyber-roof, from the best natural baking ingredients, to delicious children's organic treats, to herbs and spices, as well as pamper-me natural products and natural-home items.

The HerbsDirect Company. Herbs, used in cooking and infusions, help keep us well and help us recover when sick. They are nutrient-dense foods and provide nutritional power packs. Two of the oldest and richest sources of herbal knowledge can be found in the Chinese and Ayurvedic traditions. If you use these herbs, HerbsDirect are a good source of Ayurvedic Herbs and Chinese Herbs. And they have a Pet Herbs range! Pets need to keep healthy too! (You'll save on vets bills if you look after your pet's nutritional needs. I know!) P.S. Herbs, even though a natural product, can have unwanted side effects if taken in the wrong dosages, or circumstances. Take professional advice if you need to, particularly if you are pregnant, or suffering from a medical condition, or if you are on medication of any sort.

Chefs Diet Gourmet Meal Delivery In the absence of extended family (and fairy godmothers!), there are times in most of our lives when we, or someone close to us, may need some help with meal preparation. Instead of filling our freezers with junk ready-meals and buying fast-food takeaways, we could eat very healthily by selecting a good service such as this one. It may not even cost anymore than buying rubbish. Home cooking is always the best option, but if you can't do it for a short while, or need help once or twice a week, I believe this is a good way of solving your problem. You design your own program and they deliver to your doorstep.

Adagio Teas There are some gorgeous teas here, as well as nice tea-making accoutrements, such as tea-kettles, ice-tea makers and lots of other stuff that adds to the ritual of tea-drinking. I particularly like their Silver Needle White Tea which is even better for you than green tea. I also like their Organic Rooibos Tea, their Ti Kuan Yin Tea the "goddess tea", and their yummylicious Fruit Sangria.

Save time and Money with Peapod! click here Shopping online is one way to make your cooking life much easier and for many people it is an essential part of good food planning. You may not always be able to source everything you need, but you can plan your weekly, or monthly, 'big shop' this way. Then if you need to supplement it with a 'small shop' at a whole foods store, or organic supplier, it is easy to do so. Peapod has been around since 1989 and is America's largest online internet grocery shopping and delivery service. They service Chicagoland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia.

Prairie Flower dinnerware I love serving meals on good quality plates and dishes, especially those that have a home-spun touch to them. I think home cooking deserves good dinnerware! This beautiful set from Hartstone pottery is one of my favourites, probably because the colour reminds me of the wild bluebells in the meadows of my childhood, ah, the nostalgia! They are freezer/oven/microwave/dishwasher safe and lead-free. Hartstone also do beautiful baking stones which I love to bake with.

MetroKitchen.com I love shopping at MetroKitchen. They have all the best brands that I love to cook with and their customer service is excellent. This link will bring you to their homepage where you will see the top kitchen brands like All-Clad, Wusthof, Culinary Institute etc. My personal favourite has to be their Staub cast-iron range. I absolutely love cooking with cast-iron. Staub are a French brand that have been around since the 1800's and my grandmother used them on her solid-fuel range! They are expensive but well worth it. I always think it's better to buy one great-quality saucepan that will last you decades, than to buy a set of cheap ones which will ruin your food. Do also check out MetroKitchen's fabulous Ruffoni copper range and the new All-Clad French skillet---a joy to cook with.

www.therawfoodcoach.com This site is run by Karen Knowler, Britain's best professional raw food coach. She has lots of helpful resources for beginners starting out on The Raw Food Way, including her 7-step method. It's been on my mind for some time now to move more towards eating raw food. I eat a lot of raw food in the summer months, but I am interested in learning more about this evolving cuisine that pioneers like Karen are developing. There is as much an art to preparing raw food as there is to cooking. If you know how, eating raw can be just as delicious as cooked food is.

Revival Soy - Delicious doctor-formulated soy protein Soy is an important part of a healthy diet, especially for women. Parts of the world where soy is eaten a lot have much lower incidences of females cancers than we do in the West. It is also beneficial during the menopasal years of a woman's life. I love to eat lots of tofu, which is probably the best sources of soy. But if you don't like tofu that much, you might like the revival soy range of soy shakes, bars, chips and other healthy snack products. If, like me, you dislike the taste of soy-derived products like soya milk, then you might like this range which tastes very un-soy-like!

Get your own Personal Chef! As you know, I don't believe in diet programs and meal-substitutes. I believe that we would all be a healthy weight if we ate normal good home-cooked food made with natural ingredients. (Along with a little exercise of course!) But if you don't have the time, the inclination, the know-how, or the will-power, you may find it difficult to succeed. All the information is here on my own website, but information is not always enough for some people! People who have never experienced normal everyday healthy eating, either as children or as adults, could benefit from the experience of someone providing it for them, if they continue the same eating habits themselves after they return to home-cooking. Bistro MD is a gourmet food delivery service founded by weight loss specialist, Dr. Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D. Her philosophy is similar to my own---that healthy eating leads to healthy weight and our normal everyday diet should be healthy, delicious and convenient. You choose from her healthy gourmet menus and the meals are delivered to you. Dr Phil called it "the best home meal delivery available".

Purity Products Health support supplements, Omega-3's Co-Q-max, cardio, brain health, men's and women's health etc. Click the organic tab and try their lovely Organic Greens Drink, Triple Greens Powder, or Perfect Purples! Pick up a turbo drinks mixer for powder drinks and juices on the same page. And if your cat or dog is in need of a little pick-me-up, they have a range of nutritional supplements for the non-human members of your family also!

David Wolfe's Sunfood Nutrition David Wolfe is one of the internet's best known raw-food pioneers and you can buy his beautiful high-quality raw food products straight from his website. If you ever thought raw food was boring or tasteless, try his raw organic chocolate range! You can also buy his books, Eating for Beauty and Naked Chocolate and The Sunfood Diet Success System. You can also source any raw food equipment you need like dehydrators, juicers and special kitchen utensils.

ALL-NATURAL MUFFINS-100 Delicious Calorie VitaMuffins Muffins used to be a traditional healthy nutritious food, before the chain-store food industry got its hands on them and created papery sugar-pumped nutritionless blobs! But Vitalicious have returned the muffin to its former glory and you will taste the difference. Because they use whole wheat flour, soy fibre, fruit and other natural ingredients, their muffins are also healthy as well as tasty. They also do a line of lovely wholesome biscuits and brownies. Yum!

Improve your physical health with supplements that energize, revitalize and detoxify your body. There are some good products in this health range from Anthony Robbins, the self-improvement guru who wrote Awaken the Giant Within. He seems to use organic ingredients as much as possible and to use real food ingredients, as opposed to synthetic vitamins and minerals. His 'Harvest Vegetables' supplement is something most people could benefit from. Very few of us eat our 5-a-day and even when we do, it's still not sufficient because it should really be 9-a-day, like the healthy residents of Okinawa!

Got Kids? Help them grow a green thumb at Windowbox.com As you know, I'm very keen on the idea of children growing their own food. I think it is an important lifeskill and a way of staying connected to nature. It's also a lovely way to spend family time--helping your children grow things. This website has the most wonderful selection of child-friendly gardening kits I have ever seen---presented like toys. You'll find them in the Junior Gardening section of their website. One of these gifts could light a love of gardening in your child that will last a lifetime.

Hottest Discounted Health Products If you like Goji juice, Amazon Thunder acai concentrate, Salba supergrain, and natural cures as seen on Oprah!, you can buy them at very good prices at this site. They have a huge range of natural health supplements and pampering products and books such as Kevin Trudeau's Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know You can also find the QLink bio-pendant here which was tested by the BBC and shown to reduce the effects of electromagnetic stress from cell-phones, computers, microwaves and other sources that we are bombarded with. (Type in QLink into their search box to find it.)

Energy & vitality supplements from ProHealth. Invigorating solutions for elevated energy & better stamina. This site also sells natural supplements and other products that may aid various ailments and illnesses. It was founded by Rich Carson who suffered from a chronic illness in the 1980's and went in search of natural products that would help him. His company donates part of their profits to fund research on chronic disease and has donated over $3 million to date. As well as a webshop, they have a very active forum and supportive online community for sufferers of cancer, ME, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and other illnesses. Another free resource they provide is an extensive library of articles on medical research and breakthroughs which you can dip into. (It's also where you can purchase the fabulous Cuddle Ewe mattress toppers, which will have you feeling like you are sleeping upon a fluffy cloud!)

Everything you need for Organic Gardening. Gardening and growing food without the use of chemicals is best for your health and for the environment. It is just as easy as non-organic gardening if you have access to the right knowledge and good, natural anti-pest products. I am very pleased to be able to make these available through my website. If you need to spray, do it the natural way! And if you are just thinking about changing to organic gardening, or growing your own food, I have some good books which will help you get started. Happy gardening!

What's your sign? All 12 Zodiac Handbags! Eco-fashion is in! The Littlearth company make funky purses and fashion accessories using recycled license plates, rubber and bottle caps and their handbags are fabulous. This may not seem to have any connection to healthy eating, but it really does----the more we pollute our beautiful planet by making things we don't need and then throwing them away, the more our rivers and lands become contaminated. The cleaner our earth, the better our food. Anyway, I thought you would like their products---people interested in health and natural food usually do! They make lovely gifts in all price ranges.

Rent DVDs by mail from GreenCine.com. Best source of intelligent cinema for DVD rental. Here you can source some of my favourite foodie-movies like Eat Drink, Man Woman and Babette's Feast, as well as documentaries like Fast Food Nation and Supersize Me. With over 80,000 titles, they stock a fantastic range of foreign and indie films that are difficult to find elsewhere. $9.95 per month for unlimited rentals, including shipping.

SerenityHealth - Award-Winning site, offering magnificent, unique relaxation products at Discount Prices. As you know, I'm very fond of al fresco dining---but to eat outdoors you need a nice space. I love to surround myself with lovely fountains and Buddhas and furniture to create my outdoor diningroom. They have lots of these beautiful pieces. (I also use their products indoors and love their amazing waterfall art-pieces and their extra comfy loungers that you just sink into.)

Work from Home With Your Own Website Business If you are considering building a website yourself, or know someone who could use a new way of making a living on the web, I thoroughly recommend the SiteSell SBI web package that I have used to build my site. SiteSell, headed up by Dr Ken Evoy, is an ethical, trustworthy company, offering an excellent product and ongoing after-sales support. You can read more about how I came to find this company on this page. It could be the solution that parents of young children are looking for to enable them to have time to care for their own children and cook for them, while still being able to run a work-from--home business.

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