MAJOR PLANT-BASED HEALTH AUTHORITIES:
http://nutritionfacts.org
(Look up any topic, any food, and view a brief authoritative video or read the article, complete with references, from Michael Gregor, M.D.)
www.drfuhrman.com
www.forksoverknives.com
LOCAL RESOURCES:
http://eatwell-staywell.com
The website of health coach Sharon McRae, in Howard County, Maryland.
www.meetup.com/supportingvegans Monthly pot-luck and support, meets in Baltimore, Maryland
http://openthecages.org/vlp.html The Vegan Living Program is an annual series of classes and cooking demonstrations. Each participant gets a personal coach. Free-of-charge for the first thirty participants, held in Baltimore.
www.meetup.com/The-Baltimore-Vegan-Meetup-Group Meets monthly in a local restaurant
www.meetup.com/vegetarian-9 Meet monthly in a local restaurant
www.vrg.org
The Vegetarian Resource Group, a national organization based in Baltimore, with occasional meet-ups.
SOME OTHER RECIPE SITES:
Note that we started NutritionAsMedicine.org because a lot of recipes on websites and in cookbooks are hit or miss. It is all too common to find enticing recipes that turn out to be disappointing and time consuming. Here are some sites with well-tested recipes that are mostly winners. Please let us know of recipes you find, from these sites or elsewhere, that are especially good.
www.straightupfood.com/blog
http://fatfreevegan.com
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com
www.healthygirlskitchen.com
www.edenfoods.com/recipes/
www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/recipes/
NUTRITION INFORMATION:
ARTICLE: The Mayor Went Vegan, Then Spread the Word
Most "BPA-Free" plastics contain other endocrine disrupters:
The Mother Jones article, March 2014
Recorded interview with the author
Canned products without BPA or other plastics:
www.edenfoods.com/faqs/view.php?categories_id=5
Does your brand of soymilk contain hexane?
www.cornucopia.org/soysurvey/
Does your brand of veggie burger contain hexane?
http://www.cornucopia.org/hexane-guides/hexane_guide_meat_alternatives.html