
Food
- Slankers This is where we buy the bulk of our meat.
- U.S. Wellness Meats Another place we have used for single pieces of meat.
- Grass-Fed Ghee This is the only place I have found for grass-fed ghee.
- Coconut Oil 1 or Coconut Oil 2
- Eggs - We currently buy our eggs from Ania's Polish Deli in Lake Zurich. They are jumbo free range eggs from an Amish farm in Wisconsin. At $2.99 per dozen, these are an absolute steal!
- Raw Dairy (cream, butter, cheese, milk) - See me for more info.
- For everything else, we shop at Trader Joe's or Meijer
Supplements
- Vitamin D3 I would be willing to bet that we are all lacking in our Vitamin D intake. Here is a current study that everyone can participate in: Vitamin D Study.
- Fish Oil If I were going to take some fish or cod liver oil, this would be the one.
- ZMA Most of us are deficient in both Zinc and Magnesium and the workouts we participate in will only further deplete our stores. If eating a solid diet, I don't think ZMA is essential, but I still take 3 pills a few times a week.
- Liver Tabs Certainly not required, but these are a cheap way to make me feel better for not eating liver on a regular basis.
Reading Material
- The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates
- The Brain Trust Program by Larry McCleary, M.D.
- The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD
- Death By Prescription by Ray D. Strand, M.D.
- The Dietary Cure For Acne by Loren Cordain, PhD
- Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by Richard K. Bernstein, MD
- The End of Food by Thomas F. Pawlick
- Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
- The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker
- In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan
- Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival by T.S. Wiley
- Natural Hormonal Enhancement by Rob Faigin
- The Old Way by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain, PhD
- The Paleo Diet For Athletes by Loren Cordain, PhD and Joe Friel, MS
- The Protein Power Lifeplan by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.
Food Tracking
- Livestrong.com Register here and join the group CrossFit Fire.
- Digital Food Scale You will need one of these if you are going to be accurate with your intake.
This list should help everyone get off to a good start and keep you all busy for quite some time.

March 29, 2009, 4:26 pm
Bill - you forgot "Skinny Bitch" by Kim Barnouin.
March 31, 2009, 9:19 pm
That picture really begs for this:
http://www.truveo.com/Bovine-University/id/1096567394
"Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and anyone you care about."
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