Helpful Resources
The following is a compilation of helpful websites for additional information on vegetarian nutrition, vegan shopping, sustainability, compassionate organizations, and herbs/ supplements/ complementary / integrative functional medicine.
Please feel free to report any broken links: here.
Vegetarian Information:
Vegetarian Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
http://www.vegetariannutrition.net/research.php
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
http://www.pcrm.org/
VegFamily.com
http://www.vegfamily.com/
TryVeg.com
http://www.tryveg.com/
SF Bay Area Vegetarians
http://www.bayareaveg.org/
Compassionate Cooks
http://www.compassionatecooks.com/
Vegetarian Resource Group
http://www.vrg.org/
ADA's Position on Vegetarian Diets
http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=8357
Loma Linda University's Vegetarian Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.vegetariannutrition.org/food-pyramid.pdf
Vegan Health
http://www.veganhealth.org/
Veggie Jews
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VeggieJews/
Vegan Shopping:
VeganEssentials.com
http://www.veganessentials.com/
Leather-free shoes and accessories
http://www.mooshoes.com/
Healthy Eating / Healthy Planet:
SustainableTable.com
http://www.sustainabletable.org/
Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
The Future of Food DVD website
http://www.thefutureoffood.com/
Local Harvest / Farmer's Markets
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
Biodynamics
http://www.biodynamics.com/
Institute for Responsible Technology
http://www.responsibletechnology.org
Compassionate Organizations:
PETA
http://www.peta.org/
In Defense of Animals
http://www.idausa.org/
Animal Legal Defense Fund
http://www.aldf.org/
Farm Sanctuary
http://www.farmsanctuary.com/
Publications:
Veg News Magazine
http://www.vegnews.com/
Berkeley Wellness Letter
http://www.wellnessletter.com/
Tuft's Health and Nutrition Letter
http://healthletter.tufts.edu/
Nutrition Action Health Letter
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/index.htm
Herbs, Supplements and Complementary / Integrative Functional Medicine:
Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine
http://www.complementarynutrition.org/
American Botanical Council's HerbalGram
http://abc.herbalgram.org/site/PageServer
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/
MedLine Plus Herbs and Supplements Directory
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
ADA's Position on Dietary Supplements
http://www.eatright.org/Media/content.aspx?id=11506&terms=position+on+dietary+supplements