Authors: Mary Enig

Eat Fat, Lose Fat (44 page)

Honey, Raw

Be sure the label specifies “raw” honey; honey labeled “unheated” has actually been heated!

In stores:
Really Raw Honey

Honey in the Rough

Natural Rush honey

Famous Questa virgin clover honey

Mail order:
Really Raw Honey, (800) REALRAW

Walt’s Swarmbusting honey, (611) 384-2384

Apitherapy raw honey, (802) 985-5852

Dehydrated Cane Sugar Juice

In stores:
Sucanat

Rapadura

Mail order:
Rapadura, rapunzel.com, (800) 207-2814

Organic Mascava Sugar, matefactor.com, (800) 656-3668

Maple Syrup

Be sure to purchase organic maple syrup—non-organic maple syrup is extracted using formaldehyde. Use Grade B, if you can find it—it contains more nutrients and is usually less expensive.

In stores:
Shady Maple Farms organic maple syrup

Spring Tree organic maple syrup

Russell organic maple syrup

Mail order:
Grain & Salt Society, (828) 299-9005

Coombs Vermont Gourmet, maplesource.com, (888) 266-6271

Maple Sugar

Maple sugar is dehydrated maple syrup. This is an excellent sweetener, loaded with nutrients and without the strong taste of dehydrated cane sugar juice. It comes granulated or as a fine powder.

In stores:
Shady Maple Farms maple sugar granules

Mail order:
Mother Linda’s maple sugar powder, motherlindas.com

Coombs Vermont Gourmet maple granules and powder, maplesource.com, (888) 266-6271

Stevia Powder

Be sure to use the green powder, which is simply the ground-up herb, rather than the white powder, which is the extracted compound.

In stores:
Often sold as a bulk herb.

Planetary Formulas

Mail order:
Body Ecology, bodyecologydiet.com, (800) 511-2660

Stevia.com

Superfoods

Acerola powder and Amla tablets (natural vitamin C)

Mail order:
Radiant Life, radiantlifecatalog.com, (888) 593-8333
Bitters, Swedish

In stores:
Available at most health food stores.

Mail order:
Life’s Vigor, lifesvigor.com, (661) 589-1818

Butter Oil, High-Vitamin (X-Factor)

Mail order:
Radiant Life, radiantlifecatalog.com, (888) 593-8333

Green Pastures Products, greenpasture.org, (402) 338-5551
Cod-Liver Oil, Regular

In stores:
Garden of Life (available in health food stores)

Cod-Liver Oil, High-Vitamin

Mail order:
Radiant Life, radiantlifecatalog.com, (888) 593-8333

Green Pastures Products, greenpasture.org, (402) 338-5551

Desiccated Liver

In stores:
Solgar desiccated liver

Mail order:
J. R. Carlson Laboratories, carlsonlabs.com, (800) 323-4141

Ox Bile

Mail order:
Organic Pharmacy, organic-pharmacy.com, (800) 819-6742

Natural Health Consultants, naturalhealthconsult.com, (888) 852-4993

Wheat Germ Oil

In stores:
NOW brand wheat germ oil

Mail order:
DNE and NOW brands at Shopping.com

Iherb.com, (888) 792-0028

Yeast Flakes, Nutritional

We recommend Frontier brand. Most other brands contain additives or are processed in such a way that MSG is formed.

Mail order:
Frontier brand, frontierherb.com, (800) 669-3275

Radiant Life, radiantlifecatalog.com, (888) 593-8333

Other Food Products

Arrowroot Powder

Arrowroot powder makes an excellent thickener in Asian dishes; it is also an ingredient in
Coconut Almond Cookies
,
Flourless Cocoa-Coconut Cake
,
Coconut Bars
.

In stores:
Some health food stores carry arrowroot in packages or spice bottles.

Mail order:
Radiant Life, radiantlifecatalog.com, (888) 593-8333

Natural Lifestyle, (800) 752-2775

Bob’s Red Mill, bobsredmill.com, (503) 654-3215

Azure Standard, azurestandard.com, (541) 467-2230

Frontier, frontierherb.com, (800) 669-3275

Bonito Flakes

Used for making
Quick Fish Stock
.

In stores:
Eden bonito flakes

Mail order:
Chef Shop, chefshop.com, (877) 337-2491

Bread

In stores:
Shiloh Farms breads

Pacific Bakery breads

Food for Life bread

Nature’s Path manna bread

Cloud Cliff Aged Nativo bread

Cybros sprouted bread products

Traditional pumpernickel breads from Germany

Alvarado Bakery sprouted whole-wheat tortillas

Mail order:
Grindstone bread, [email protected]

Mountain Eagle Bakery, (406) 222-3617

Grain & Salt Society, (800) 867-7258

Miller’s Bakery, (530) 532-6384.

Natural Bridge Bakery breads, [email protected]

Berkshire Mountain Bakery, (866) 274-3664

O Bread Bakery, (802) 985-8771

Butter, Grass-Fed

For local sources, see classified ads in
Wise Traditions
, journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, westonaprice.org, (202) 333-HEAL.

In stores:
Organic Pastures raw butter (California)

Kerry Goldbutter

Straus Family Creamery butter

Vermont Butter and Cheese Company butter

Organic Valley cultured butter

Trickling Springs Creamery butter

Natural by Nature organic whipped butter

Traderspoint Creamery butter (Indiana)

Trader Joe’s organic sweet cream butter

Mail order:
Organic Pasture raw butter from grass-fed cows, organicpastures.com

Cheese

Many wonderful raw cheeses, both domestic and European, are available in upscale markets and on the Internet (see realmilk.com).

In stores:
Brunkow Dairey

Rogue Gold

Bravo

Meadow Creek Dairy

Giving Nature

Hawthorne Valley

Maytag blue cheese

Salemville Amish blue cheese

Ruminano Parmesan

Redwood Hill goat cheese

Mail order:
Tropical Traditions, tropicaltraditions.com, (866) 311-2626

Zingerman’s, zingermans.com, (888) 636-8162

Robert’s Food Page, rrich.com/revrawcheese

Hendricks Farm, (267) 718-0219

Green Pastures Dairy, greenpasturesdairy.com, (218) 384-4513

Westminster Dairy, (802) 387-4412

White Egret Farm raw goat cheese, whiteegretfarm.com, (512) 276-7408

Peaceful Pastures raw cheese, peacefulpastures.com, (615) 683-4291

Mercola.com

Organicpastures.com

Condiments Without MSG

In stores:
Hain’s mustard

Westbrae mustard

Grey Poupon mustard

Anton Kozkil’s mustard

Eden toasted sesame oil

Busha Browne’s Planters steak sauce

Seeds of Change ketchup

Tree of Life ketchup

Muir Glen ketchup

The Wizard’s organic Worchestershire sauce

Crackers

Unfortunately, at this writing, no commercial crackers contain coconut oil. We look forward to the availability of bakery products containing coconut oil in the near future.

In stores:
Ak Mak crackers

Wasa sourdough rye crackers

Kavli flat breads

Aunt Gussie’s cracker flats

Finn Crisp

Late July organic crackers (made with palm oil)

Hol-Grain rice crackers

Cream

See classified ads in
Wise Traditions
, journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, or contact a local chapter of the Foundation, westonaprice.org, (202) 333-HEAL.

In stores:
Organic Pastures raw cream (California)

Claravale Dairy raw cream (California)

Butterworks pasteurized cream (New England)

Natural by Nature pasteurized cream (East Coast)

Chrome Dairy pasteurized cream (East Coast)

Lewes Dairy pasteurized cream (East Coast)

Straus Family Creamery pasteurized cream (California)

Traderspoint Creamery pasteurized cream (Indiana)

Mail order:
Organic Pastures raw cream, organicpastures.com
Curry Paste

In stores:
Thai Kitchen red and green curry pastes

Mae Ploy green curry paste (in Asian markets)

Eggs

Genuinely pastured eggs usually need to be purchased directly from a farmer, either through a co-op or at a farmers’ market. For sources, contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, westonaprice.org, (202) 333-HEAL. The brands listed below are organic and/or free-range.

In stores:
Shelton’s

Gold Circle Farm

Happy Hen

Rock Island

Judy’s Family Farm

Organic Valley

Trader Joe’s Fertile

Giving Nature

Fish Eggs

Many good fish sellers sell fresh salmon roe in season. High-quality canned roe also is available.

In stores:
Romanoff Red (salmon) caviar

Krinos Tarama (carp roe caviar)

Mail order:
Krinos Tarama, 3 e.com

Fish Sauce, Thai

Look for higher-grade sauce in glass bottles, sold in both upscale markets and Asian markets.

In stores:
Thai Kitchen fish sauce

Flax Oil

In stores:
Omega Nutrition

Barlean’s

Mail order:
Omega Nutrition, omeganutrition.com, (800) 661-3529
Ghee

In stores:
Purity Farms organic ghee

Mail order:
Grain and Salt Society, celtic-seasalt.com, (800) 867-7258

Wilderness Family Naturals, wildernessfamilynaturals.com, (800) 945-3801
Grains, Organic

In stores:
Widely available in health food stores

Mail order:
Natural Lifestyle, (800) 752-2775

Community Mill and Bean, (800) 755-0554

Goose Fat

Canned goose fat often is available in upscale markets. It can be used interchangeably with lard for sautéing, especially in Asian dishes.

In stores:
Rougie

Mail order:
Mother Linda’s, motherlindas.com

Edouard Artzner, chefshop.com, (877) 337-2491

Lard

Lard without preservatives is rarely available in stores, although you can often find it at farmers’ markets. For locally produced lard from pastured pigs, contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, westonaprice.org, (202) 333-HEAL, or check the classified ads in
Wise Traditions,
the foundation’s quarterly magazine.

Mail order:
Mother Linda’s, motherlindas.com

Dietrich’s lard, (610) 756-6344

Macadamia Nuts, Raw

In stores:
Trader Joe’s

Macaroons

In stores:
Jennie’s macaroons (produced by Red Mill Farms of Brooklyn, NY)

Mail order:
jenniesmacaroons.com, (718) 384-4814

Meats, Processed

In stores:
Primo Naturale salami

Applegate Farms deli meats

Beeler’s pork products

Citterio salami