An informed consumer is a healthy consumer! Here are a few of the resources we have used in assembling the information on the Health & Nutrition portion of this website, as well as others that we feel you may wish to know about.

PESTICIDES AND ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

1. www.foodnews.org - This is one of the most interesting sites we've found. You can find the average pesticide content in water or your lunch. You can check on a typical day's diet or a typical supermarket basket.
   
   
2. e.hormone.tulane.edu - This site covers environmental estrogens and other hormones. A great site published by the Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities in New Orleans. You can learn about the endocrine system and its functions, glands, hormones and target cells. Environmental estrogens vs. hormones are covered. This site also publishes Endocrine Disruptor News, which will keep you up to date and provides great references, books and reports.
   
   
3. www.ewg.org - Contains a Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce. This site is by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), who also produce foodnews.org (see above). In chapter one, you will find the best and worst produce for pesticide contaminations. If you print all seven tables, you will see which produce contains the highest carcinogen levels and highest neurotoxin levels. You can learn how to reduce risk of carcinogens and endocrine interrupters. You may want to search EWG's "Where you live" and check out the tap water in your area.
   
   
4. www.npic.orst.edu - National Pesticide Information Center. This site has hundreds of pages of information on dozens of pesticide subjects. It is a co-op effort between the EPA and Oregon State University. It also includes the Purdue University Pesticide Programs, and data from Cornell University and the State of California.
   
   
5. www.epa.gov/eq - Center for Environmental Information and Statistics - A convenient source of information on environmental quality, status and trends. Look up your home county.
   
   
6. www.atsdr.cdc.gov - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - This site provides good information including the top 275 hazardous substances at hazardous waste sites. Number one on that list is arsenic, which was used on tobacco fields for years as a pesticide.

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

1. www.cdc.gov/narms/default.htm - National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System - This is a very informative site, especially for health care professionals and people in the livestock industry. The resistance factor for antibiotics is listed.

INFORMATION ON OTHER ISSUES

1. www.beef.org - This is a very complete site showing many scientific reports on all the issues facing the beef industry. There are good tips as well as food safety information. Additional information on BSE, hormones, antibiotics, etc. is also available. Check out the meat safety facts in the Food and Nutrition News Section.
   
   
2. www.medscape.com -This is a great source of medical information.
   
   
3. www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/index.jsp - An informative site for agricultural research projects which covers a wide variety of subjects pertaining to cattle production.

PARTNERS & ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WE SUPPORT

1. www.olympic-usa.org - The online home of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Maverick Ranch proudly supplies all the beef, pork, buffalo, bacon, and sausage served at the three U.S. Olympic Training Centers.
   
   
2. www.americanheart.org - The American Heart Association. Maverick Ranch currently has 9 items certified in the American Heart Association Food Certification Program. We were one of the first meat producers to participate.
   
   
3. www.mfitnutrition.com - University of Michigan M-Fit Program. Provides nutritional information, which is especially helpful to cardiac rehabilitation patients.

RECOMMENDED READING

• Aston, John & Laura, Ron, The Perils of Progress, Zed Books LTD, New York, NY 1998
  
  
• Atkins, Robert C, MD, Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution, Bantam Books, New York, NY 1972. Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution has sold well over 10 million copies and is more popular now than ever. It was one of the first major books from a medical doctor that demonstrated the health benefits of protein and a low carbohydrate diet.
  
  
• Atkins, Robert C, MD, Dr. Atkins’ Health Revolution, Bantam Books, New York, NY 1990
  
  
• Balch, James MD & Balch, Phillip CNC, Prescription For Nutritional Healing, Avery Publishing, Garden City Park, NY 1997
  
  
• Carlson, Rachael, Silent Spring, Penguin Books USA, New York, NY 1997. This book is often praised by experts in American literature as one of the most influential books of the century. Silent Spring ignited the entire environmental movement.
  
  
• Carper, Jean, Food - Your Miracle Medicine, HarperCollins, New York, NY 1993
  
  
• Colburn, Theo; Dumanoski, Dianne & Colman, Carol, Our Stolen Future, Penguin Books USA, New York NY, 1997. Based in part on Theo Colburn's examination of over 200 studies of the effects of Great Lakes pollution on 41 species of wildlife and humans. It shows there is a need to realize that we cannot measure the additive, accumulative and future effects of pesticides used today.
  
  
• Eads, William MD & Eads, Mary Dan MD, Protein Power, Bantam Books, New York, NY 1996. Another great book in the field of hormone management through the proper ratio of protein carbohydrates. The Eads have a clinic in Boulder, Colorado and their readers and clients have an amazing record for permanent weight loss.
  
  
• Gleser, Robert A MD, The HealthMark Program For Life, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY1988
  
  
• Harte, John; Holdren, Cheryl; Schneider, Richard & Shirley, Christine, Toxics A To Z, University of California Press, City CA 1991. This is a comprehensive book on health effects, exposure and distribution, regulatory statutes, environmental effects and protection and prevention of many of the industrial chemicals and pesticides in use today.
  
  
• Kegley, Susan & Wise, Laura, Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables, University Science Books, Sausalito, CA 1998. This is a textbook on organochlorine pesticides. It does a great job of explaining bioconcentration of chemicals.
  
  
• Keith, Lawrence H., Enviromental Endocrine Distruptors, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY 1997. This 1222 page book was a major reference source for this site. Sixty-seven endocrine disruptors are listed and a chapter is devoted to each one of these. Each chapter provides details on the effects of these chemicals on our endocrine system.
  
  
• Marion, Joseph B, Anti-Aging Manual (The Encyclopedia of Natural Health), Information Pioneers, South Woodstock, CT 1996
  
  
• Mindell, Earl PhD, Earl Mindell's Food As Medicine, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 1994
  
  
• Readers Digest, Foods That Harm - Foods That Heal, Readers Digest, Pleasantville, NJ 1997.
  
  
• Regelson, William, MD & Colman, Carol, The SuperHormone Promise, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY 1997. Dr. Regelson is one of the best-known authorities in the field of anti-aging. This book delves into DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, pregnenalone, testosterone, melatonin, thyroid and human growth hormones. Dr. Regelson predicts that hormone replacement therapy will come into its own in the field of medicine in the next decade. His theory is that it will be used to improve health, protect against heart disease, cancer and other ailments.
  
  
• Sears, Barry PhD & Lawren, Bill, Enter The Zone, HarperCollins, New York, NY, 1995. Enter the Zone was a #1 bestseller. It has been a very influential book in the field of controlling the hormones insulin and glycogen through a balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats in our diet. This book exposes some of the fallacies of carbohydrate loading, which can often lead to diabetes, arthritis, heart disease and osteoporosis.
  
  
• Sears, Barry PhD, Mastering The Zone, HarperCollins, New York, NY 1997
  
  
• Sherman, Janette MD, Chemical Exposure and Disease, Princeton Scientific Publishing Co,Princeton, NJ 1994. This is both a professional’s and layperson's guide to understanding cause and effect of chemical exposures as it relates to impairment, injury, disease, etc.
  
  
• Weir, David, & Shapiro, Circle of Poison, Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, CA 1981. This book has had a important impact in the United States and overseas. The Circle of Poison is aptly named telling how U.S banned toxic substances are still produced in the U.S., and exported to countries who in turn export their produce to the U.S.
  
  
• Winter, Ruth, MS, The Anti-Aging Hormones, Random House, New York, NY 1997. This book covers the benefits and dangers of melatonin, human growth hormones, DHES, estrogen, Testosterone, insulin, leptin, thyroid growth factors and others. It explains in layman's terms the major hormone producing glands, the hormones they produce and their functions.
  
  
• Winter, Ruth, MS, Consumers Dictionary of Food Additives, Three Rivers Press, New York, NY 1994

CLOSING COMMENTS

By Roy Moore, Founder of Maverick Ranch

   We have studied and referenced much information to produce this website. Many of the facts may be somewhat frightening, but all of it is important information. One of the best reasons for becoming a preferred customer is that we will keep you informed on things that can affect your life and health. We feel that this is our duty as your partner and as your conscientious natural meats supplier.

   When we look at the "Big Picture", which includes nutrition and food safety, Maverick Ranch Natural Meats should be at the top of your shopping list. We feel that we provide the safest meats on the market. The combination of our commitment to food safety, quality assurance, and great taste, make Maverick Ranch Natural Meats the ideal choice for your diet.