Resources for Dr. Kâs Patients
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Local Harvest
Find Farmer's Markets, CSAs, Co-ops, Grocery stores and Restaurants supporting healthy eating in your area.
Fit Day
Free online diet diary. Dr. Kannankeril requires all her patients to complete dietary logs to assess their diet and to make connections between what they eat and their health.
Gluten-Free Mall
A wide array of gluten-free products online.
Bob's Red Mill
Terrific gluten-free products and recipes.
The Eat Well Guide
Find wholesome, fresh, sustainable food in your area.
Vital Choice Seafood
Sustainably-harvested Alaskan Salmon and other Alaska and northwest Pacific seafood delivery.
Environmental Working Group's Tools:
Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce
A terrific resource (and printable shopping guide) on where fruits and vegetables rank in terms of pesticide content.
Safe Fish List
A good list to review to see what seafood is best to eat based on mercury content.
Safe Sunscreens
A great listing of the best sunscreens, SPF lip balms and moisturizers for your skin.
Skin Deep: Cosmetics Database
Browse all kinds of skin care products, ranked by the safety of their ingredients.
Recommended Medical Journals:
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Global Advances in Health and Medicine
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Recommended Books:
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
One of the best cookbooks, hands-down, regardless of dietary restrictions. Recommended to anyone - vegetarian or omnivore - who is looking to get more vegetables in their diet. With terrific recipes on even the most uncommon vegetable, it leaves you no excuse for not eating your vegetables.
Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair
A good start to introducing the concept of whole foods to your family.
The New Laurel's Kitchen: A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition by Laurel Flinders
Not just for vegetarians, this book has combines simple recipes with a comprehensive nutrition section that lists the vitamin breakdown of the fruits and vegetables used in the recipes.
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittmann
Revised Edition of a classic by New York Times Minimalist columnist.
Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking by Heidi Swanson
A beautiful cookbook with great recipes for experimenting with alternative flours, grains and sweeteners.
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet & Recipe Book by Dr. Jessica Black, ND
A terrific resource on incorporating anti-inflammatory foods into your diet.
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
A wonderful cookbook with a great primer on the original whole foods diet.
The Complete Food Allergy Cookbook by Marilyn Gioannini
A good starter book for patients newly-diagnosed with food allergies or sensitivities.
Washington, DC Markets:
Adams Morgan Farmers Market
Columbia Road and 18th Street NW, Washington, DC
Saturdays, May 6 - Dec. 23: 8AM - 1PM
Anacostia Farmers Market
14th Street between U and V streets SE, Washington, DC
Wednesdays, June 7 - Nov. 15: 3PM - 7PM
Chevy Chase Farmers Market
5701 Broad Branch Rd. (Lafayette School parking lot), Washington, DC
Saturdays, April 29 - Nov. 25: 9AM - 1PM
Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market
20th and Q streets NW, Washington, DC
Sundays, year-round:
April 2 - Dec. 31: 9AM - 1PM
Jan. 7 - March 25: 10AM - 1PM
Eastern Market Outdoor Farmers Market
225 Seventh St. SE, Washington, D.C.
Saturdays and Sundays, year-round: 7AM - 4PM
Foggy Bottom FreshFarm Market
I Street between New Hampshire Avenue and 24th Street NW, Washington, DC
Wednesdays, April 19 - Nov. 15: 3PM - 7PM
H Street FreshFarm Market
600 block of H Street NE, Washington, DC
Saturdays, May 6 - Oct. 28: 9AM - 12PM
Historic Brookland Farmers Market
12th and Newton streets NE, Washington, DC
Sundays, May 7 - Oct. 29: 10AM - 2PM
Historic Brookland Farmers Market
10th and Otis streets NE, Washington, DC
Tuesdays, May 9 - Oct. 24: 4PM - 7PM
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
17th and Lamont streets NW (Lamont Plaza), Washington, DC
Saturdays, May 6 - Nov. 18: 9AM - 1PM
New Morning Farmers Market
Sheridan School: 36th & Alton Place
Saturdays, 8am - 1pm (year-round)
Tuesdays, 4-8pm (June to end of September)
Penn Quarter FreshFarm Market
Eighth and D streets NW, Washington, DC
Thursdays, April 6 - Nov. 16: 3PM - 7PM
Rose Park Farmers Market
26th and O streets NW, Washington, DC
Wednesdays, April 5 - Oct. 25: 4PM - 7PM
USDA Farmers Market
400 Seventh St. SW (Department of Transportation plaza level), Washington, DC
Tuesdays, May 16 - Nov. 21: 10AM - 2PM
USDA Farmers Market, Department of Agriculture
12th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
Fridays, June 2 - Oct. 27: 10AM - 2PM
Ward 8 Farmers Market
Martin Luther King Jr. and Alabama avenues SE, Washington, DC
Saturdays, June 3 - Nov. 18: 9AM - 2PM
Maryland Markets:
Bethesda Central Farm Market
Bethesda Co-op
6500 Seven Locks Road
Cabin John, MD 20818
Broom's Bloom Dairy
1700 S. Fountain Green Road (MD 543)
Bel Air, MD 21015
Common Market Co-op
5728 Buckeystown Pike Unit 1-B
Frederick, MD 21704
Eve's Cheese
23991 Melitota Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-0349
Glut Food Co-op
4005 34th St.
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
Maryland Food Co-op
B-0203 Student Union Building-Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Nature's Exchange Co-op
1548 Perryman Rd.
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Silver Spring FreshFarm Market
Ellsworth Drive between Fenton Street & Georgia Avenue
Saturdays, 9 am to 1 pm (April to December)
Saturdays, 10 am to 1 pm (January to March)
Takoma Park - Silver Spring Cooperative
Two locations:
201 Ethan Allen Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
8309 Grubb Road, Silver Spring, MD
Westminster Consumers Co-op
28 Westminster Shopping Center
Westminster, MD 21157
Virginia Markets:
Crystal City FreshFarm Market
Crystal Drive between 18th & 20th Streets, Crystal City
Tuesdays, 3 to 7 pm (May to November)
The Organic Butcher
6712 Old Dominion Drive
McLean, VA 22101
100% Vegetarian Feed, Grass-fed/Grain supplemented, No Added Hormones, No Antibiotic Use, Non-confined, Organic, Pasture-raised meat.