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Updated March 19, 2008
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Quick Links: Food Allergies Food Safety Food Labeling
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Quick Links: 125 Best Foods Sports Nutrition Food & Diseases
Vegetarianism Nutrition Claims: Fact or Fiction?
- Dieting & Weight Loss
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Health & Nutrition
Quick Links: Food Allergies Food Safety Food Labeling
| USDA National Agricultural Library | "The Food and Nutrition Information Center - a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers." |
| Nutrition.gov | Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers. |
| Diet & Disease | From the USDA. Information includes diet and allergies, diabetes, cancer, digestive problems, heart conditions and much more. |
| Understanding Food Allergies | "From vegetables to milk to meat, humans generally enjoy a wide variety of foods that provide the body with nutrition and energy. But for some people with food allergies, eating certain foods or food components can cause a mild to serious abnormal reaction, with symptoms such as throat swelling, abdominal pain and wheezing. After eating certain foods, some people may even experience anaphylaxis, a dangerous condition that renders a person unable to breathe and can reduce blood pressure to extremely low levels." |
| Food Allergies: When Food Becomes the Enemy |
From the FDA. " Imagine what it would be like if eating a peanut butter sandwich or some shrimp, or drinking a tall glass of milk left you vomiting, gasping for breath, and furiously scratching a fresh crop of hives. For some people with food allergies, that's reality. A food allergy, or hypersensitivity, is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the immune system. While many people often have gas, bloating or another unpleasant reaction to something they eat, this is not an allergic response. Such a reaction is thought to not involve the immune system and is called "food intolerance." |
| Food Allergies What You Need to Know |
"Each year, millions of Americans have allergic reactions to food. Although most food allergies cause relatively mild and minor symptoms, some food allergies can cause severe reactions, and may even be life-threatening. There is no cure for food allergies. Strict avoidance of food allergens — and early recognition and management of allergic reactions to food — are important measures to prevent serious health consequences." |
| Food and Nutrition | A collection of articles about a variety of nutritional information. |
| Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | From the FDA. Just about everything you need to know about food safety, and more. |
| Tools For Healthier Lives | From the Mayo Clinic. Much more than just nutrition information. Links to disease and illness information, a general overview of the Mayo Clinic, and "Resources to help you and your family stay healthy." |
| USDA National Agricultural Dietary Guidance | Dietary guidelines and assessment, articles and information about assorted nutritional information. |
| Shopping, Cooking, and Meal Planning | From the USDA. "Find a wealth of information, resources, and tips for healthier ways to plan and shop, for you and your family. Resources to help you store and preserve your foods safely, while preserving nutrients and quality. Keep your food and water safe during emergencies and severe weather! Find information and resources to help you be ready." |
| Dietary Guidelines for Americans | From the US Health & Human Services. "The food and physical activity choices you make every day affect your health—how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future. " |
| Information for People Over 65 on Food, Nutrition, and Cosmetics |
From the FDA. A collection of articles on a variety of topics. |
| Safe Foods | From the USDA. Food safety information including the latest USDA alerts, product recalls, animal cloning, imported foods, Allergy information, and food poisoning and disease outbreaks. |
| Information about Food Preparation and Foodborne Illness |
From the FDA. Tips on how to protect yourself from illnesses caused by improper food preparation. |
| Food Labeling | An explanation if the FDA's food labeling program. |
| How Does What I Eat Affect My Oral Health? | From Yahoo Health. "You may be able to prevent two of the most common diseases of modern civilization, tooth decay (caries) and periodontal disease, simply by improving your diet. Decay results when the hard tissues are destroyed by acid products from oral bacteria." |
| Eating Disorders | From the USDA. Information on understanding disordered eating and eating disorders. Covers Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating, and Exercise and Eating Disorders |
| Protecting Yourself Against Health Fraud | From the FDA. A collection of articles about food and health related scams. This includes weight loss programs and equipment, alternative medical treatments, and diagnostic testing. |
| Nutrition Assistance Programs | From the USDA. " No one should go hungry in America. FNS provides children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education. We help nearly one in five people. Check out our programs to see if we can help you or your family." |
Nutritional Guides
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Nutritional Guides
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Vegetarianism Nutrition Claims: Fact or Fiction?
| Nutrition Data: Know What You Eat | "Find food information and analysis and see healthy eating facts. On Nutrition Data, you'll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods." |
| CalorieKing.com | "The CalorieKing.com Food Database holds the nutritional information for over 50,000 American generic and brand name foods (including over 260 fast-food chains). There is a wide range of nutrient data and information available including calorie count charts, fat content, fiber content, protein content and much, much more." |
| USDA National Agricultural Library | "The Food and Nutrition Information Center - a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers." |
| Fast Food Nutrition Fact Explorer | The Fast Food Nutrition Fact Explorer database contains the nutritional data of 12 of the world's most popular fast food restaurant chains. It can help you follow the dietary or weight loss advice of programs designed to reduce your risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease. Whether you have chosen to follow, a low fat, low calorie, low sodium, low cholesterol, or low carbohydrate diet, the Explorer's powerful search capabilities can help you determine which fast food items will meet the recommendations of your diet or weight loss program. |
| 125 Best Foods in Your Supermarket | From Yahoo Health. "How can you achieve a belly that's too full to become fat? We asked our crack team of nutrition advisors to help identify foods that keep a man in optimum operating condition. Then we scoured the grocery store to locate the top contenders. Finally we sampled, and sampled, and sampled every last one." |
| Nutrition Information for Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish | "In order to encourage retail stores that sell raw fruits, vegetables, and fish to participate in the voluntary point-of-purchase nutrition information program, the FDA has created downloadable posters for printing. These posters show nutrition information for the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits, vegetables, and fish in the United States. Retail stores are welcome to download the posters, print, display and/or distribute them to consumers in close proximity to the relevant foods in the stores." |
| Nutrition Facts and Information Center | " If you're interested in making better, healthier food choices, you've come to the right place. lifeclinic.com nutrition channel offers comprehensive, understandable news and features about how nutrition plays a role in your health. Read our nutrition articles to learn the basics of good nutrition, figure out how to read a food label and understand the role of different vitamins, nutrients and minerals in keeping your healthy." |
| Nutritional Supplements Guide | "You’ve made the choice to go after a healthy lifestyle, so you rush out and try to obtain all the healthy supplements you need. However, although nutritional supplements can offer many benefits, they can also give you unwanted side effects.Many herbs can interact with other supplements, and certain vitamins/minerals only work effectively in conjunction with other nutrients." |
| The good nutrition guide | UK site. "How much sugar and salt is hidden in that breakfast cereal? How much fat is in your child's pizza? Over the past year the Good Nutrition Guide's team tested hundreds of the most popular supermarket staples to discover the best products to put in your basket" |
| Food Labeling | From the USDA. "FDA's Food Labeling program develops policy and regulations for dietary supplements, nutrition labeling and food standards, infant formula and medical foods. Also conducts scientific evaluation to support such regulations and related policy development." |
| Nutrition for a Long Life | From Yahoo Health. "Variety is not just the "spice of life," it is also a very important way to keep your internal organs healthy. Even if you're eating natural fruits, vegetables and grains, if you are eating the exact same thing seven days a week, it is not healthy for you. Read on to find out how to eat for health and longevity." |
| Sports Nutrition Guide | "No matter what sport you participate in, whether it be football, basketball, baseball or soccer, it is vital that the body receives the correct nutrients to stay healthy. The main nutritional needs of the body during physical training programs are keeping the right intakes of protein, vitamins, carbohydrates and minerals." |
| Nutritional Needs of Athletes | "Whether you're a competitive athlete, someone who exercises for health and fitness or a sedentary individual, you need the same type of nutrients - in different amounts. However, some athletes also need more calories or fluids because of the intensity of their sports or training program. Exercise or training may increase calorie needs by as much as 1,000 to 1,500 calories each day." |
| Nutrition Claims: Fact or Fiction? | From Yahoo Health. "The American public is being constantly bombarded with health information in the media. While we can certainly trust some sources to provide us with sound health and nutrition advice, we need to be cautious because not everything you read or hear in the media is based on fact." |
| What's in Food | From the USDA. "Look up the nutrient value of thousands of foods in USDA's on-line searchable database. Results show values for 128 nutrients." Also includes information about sodium, food additives, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. |
| About the DASH diet (Hypertension) |
"The DASH eating plan significantly lowered blood pressure in the recent Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study, and it may also help prevent and control high blood pressure." |
| Eating out when you have diabetes | From Yahoo Health. "Large portions are the norm at many restaurants but diabetes nutrition is often based on moderate portions. If the restaurant offers meals in several sizes, choose the smallest. Or get creative." |
| Glucose Control - Diabetic Diet | "If you've been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor has probably mentioned that you should pay careful attention to nutrition and diet as part of your treatment program." |
| Diabetes nutrition: Including sweets in your meal plan | From Yahoo Health. "Diabetes nutrition focuses on healthy foods. But you can eat sweets once in a while without feeling guilty or interfering with your blood sugar control. The key is moderation." |
| Use Food Labels for Glycemic Control | From Yahoo Health. " I want to share with you some information about the Nutrition Facts panel because I think it can be your best source of information on carbs. Grab a food item with a food label from your pantry and follow along. " |
| Functional Foods for Reducing Cancer Risk | "For centuries people consumed food simply for its nutritional value. But in recent decades, the role of specific foods is evolving into one of prevention. This trend is based on research findings such as a lower incidence of cancer among people who ate more fruits and vegetables, and less heart disease in those whose diets contained less fat." |
| Help in Preventing Heart Disease | An article about the effects of food on people with cancer and information about food that can increase your risk of cancer. |
| Keeping Cholesterol Under Control | "The body needs cholesterol for digesting dietary fats, making hormones, building cell walls, and other important processes. The bloodstream carries cholesterol in particles called lipoproteins that are like blood-borne cargo trucks delivering cholesterol to various body tissues to be used, stored or excreted. But too much of this circulating cholesterol can injure arteries, especially the coronary ones that supply the heart. This leads to accumulation of cholesterol-laden "plaque" in vessel linings, a condition called atherosclerosis." |
| Smart Nutrition | From the USDA. includes information about the new food pyramid, dietary guidelines, "Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and the Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs). Also find vitamin and mineral fact sheets." |
| Nutrition Tips for an Older You! | From Yahoo Health. " It used to be that much of the nutrition advice dispensed to the "typical older American" was focused on chewing with dentures or preventing constipation. Today's older American is active and health-conscious, and many have already adopted a healthier lifestyle. Nutrition tips for this new, healthier group of grandparents will still promote the importance of fluids and fiber but also will have a new spin on dietary balance and moderation: " |
| Vegetarian Nutrition Resource List | "This publication is a compilation of resources on vegetarian nutrition. The resources are in a variety of information formats: articles, pamphlets, books and full-text materials on the World Wide Web. Resources chosen provide information on many aspects of vegetarian nutrition." |
| Vegetarianism | "Vegetarianism has become an increasingly popular dietary lifestyle in the United States. According to the Vegetarian Resource Group, approximately 3 to 7% of people in the United States consider themselves vegetarians. The increasing availability of vegetarian foods and entrees in grocery stores and restaurants has made it easier for people who don't eat meat or animal products to create healthy diets and lifestyles." |
| Vegetarian Diet and Balanced Nutrition | From Yahoo Health. "If you feel drawn to a vegetarian diet, then you should honor that that inner guidance; just make sure that that you maintain a balanced and complete diet." |
| Organic Foods | From the USDA. "Provides information on labeling requirements for organic foods. Also available in Spanish. Also discusses several factors to consider when deciding whether or not to purchase organic food." |
Dieting & Weight Loss
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Dieting & Weight Loss
| Weight & Obesity | From the USDA. "Find resources and information related to definition of overweight and obesity, statistics, related organizations including the Weight-control Information Network, the National Weight Control Registry, and programs such as Smallstep.gov and Shape Up America, and more." |
| Calorie Calculator and Nutrition Guide | "Calculate the number of calories you need to maintain, lose or gain weight. Find the amounts of foods you need every day from the different food groups. Learn about serving size information and healthy food sources too." |
| Nutrition Data: Know What You Eat | Suggestions for healthy eating and weight control. Includes articles, links and general information. |
| Healthy Weight | From Yahoo Health. "A healthy weight is the natural weight you can reach through good eating, regular physical activity, managing stress, and not smoking. Reaching a specific weight is not as important as the lifestyle changes you make to become healthy." |
| Weight Loss Exercise & Nutritional Help | "Healthy weight loss is really an attempt to reduce excess body fat. We believe permanent fat loss is a process of education. Our aim is to educate each visitor by attempting to provide a holistic approach to every aspect of fat loss, from nutrition, diet, and the best exercises to the correct mind set. " |
| Information about Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight |
From the FDA. A collection of articles including "A Consumer's Guide to Fats," "Nutrition and Weight Loss Q&As," and "How to Lose and Manage Weight." More articles are added as addition research is reported. |
| Whole grains: High in nutrition and fiber, yet low in fat | From Yahoo Health. "All types of grains are good sources of complex carbohydrates, various vitamins and minerals and are naturally low in fat. But grains that haven't been refined called whole grains are even better for you. Whole grains are better sources of fiber and other important nutrients, such as selenium, potassium and magnesium." |
| Manage Weight (Hypertension) | "Controlling your weight is a very important step that you can take to reduce your high blood pressure. Losing just a few extra pounds can help lower your blood pressure. Keeping your weight under control can also help you feel better, be more able to exercise, and reduce your chance of having a heart attack." |
| Weight Management | From the USDA. "Provides the general public, health professionals, and the media with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues." |
| No appetite? How to get the nutrition you need | From Yahoo Health. "Sometimes a particular illness or its treatment can affect your appetite. Though you might not feel like eating, it's important to do what you can to keep your calorie, protein and fluid intake up while you're sick or undergoing treatment. Use these tips to help plan meals and snacks that will be more appealing to you and give you the nutrition you need to get better." |
Dietary Supplements
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Dietary Supplements
| Nutritional Supplements Guide | "You’ve made the choice to go after a healthy lifestyle, so you rush out and try to obtain all the healthy supplements you need. However, although nutritional supplements can offer many benefits, they can also give you unwanted side effects.Many herbs can interact with other supplements, and certain vitamins/minerals only work effectively in conjunction with other nutrients." |
| Dietary Supplements | From the FDA. "FDA regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering "conventional" foods and drug products (prescription and Over-the-Counter). Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the dietary supplement manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that a dietary supplement is safe before it is marketed. FDA is responsible for taking action against any unsafe dietary supplement product after it reaches the market. Generally, manufacturers do not need to register their products with FDA nor get FDA approval before producing or selling dietary supplements. Manufacturers must make sure that product label information is truthful and not misleading." |
| USDA National Agricultural Library | "Find links to general information about dietary and nutritional supplements from both governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations. Includes resource lists, individual supplement information, and links to resources for assessing supplement use." |
| Office of Dietary Supplements | From the NIH. A collection of articles from the National Institute of Health about the use of food supplements. |
| Dietary Supplements | From MedlinePlus. "Dietary supplements are vitamins, minerals, herbs and other substances meant to improve your diet. They can come as pills, capsules, powders and liquids. Supplements do not have to go through the testing that drugs do." |
| Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements | "People buy dietary supplements because they want to take control of their own health care. But in today's go-go marketplace, you need to think before you buy and try. The Wellness Letter has discussed many supplements, including the popular ones listed below. Click on a name to find the claims, purported benefits, and our bottom line." |
| Nutrition Data: Know What You Eat | 100% of daily needs: can it be done without supplements? |
| Dietary Supplements | From the USDA. "Are you considering vitamin or mineral supplements? Do you think you need them? Or that they “can’t hurt”? Here are some questions to ask before you decide to take them. Provides monographs on over 100 herbs and supplements including evidence-based, peer-reviewed data, and selected illustrations. A product-based database that includes information on more than 2,000 brands of dietary supplements and their ingredients, uses, and manufacturers. Allows users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands." |
| Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies | From the New York Times. A compilation of articles from the Time's health section. |
| Dietary Supplement Quality | "This SupplementQuality.com (SQ) website is the most publicly visible part of the Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative (DSQI). In addition to our consumer-oriented activities, we are committed to developing comprehensive quality practices and standards for dietary supplements. We believe increased levels of research in combination with widely accepted standards will benefit those who use, prescribe and make dietary supplements. In promoting a science-based understanding of the health benefits associated with supplementation, we believe the quality, safety and availability of dietary supplements can only increase." |
| All About Nutritional Supplements | "Although dietary supplements are a great way to complement your diet, they are no replacement for healthy eating. Dietary supplements will help improve your health regardless of what you eat, but taken in combination with a well-rounded diet, our health can achieve even higher levels. " |
| Weight Loss Drugs: How Much Do Diet Pills Help? | From MedicineNet."You've seen the ads promising successful weight loss by taking diet drugs or weight loss supplements, but do they really deliver results? Could weight loss medications and over-the-counter supplements really help to reverse the obesity epidemic?" |
| Herbal Information | From the USDA. "Provides an overview of the safety of herbal supplements as well as the possible side effects and interactions. Includes an interactive, electronic herbal database providing scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health." |
| What dietary supplements can and can't do | From CNN. "The sticky issue surrounding nutritional supplements is the way they are regulated. These pills, powders and potions fall under a different set of rules when being watched by the Food and Drug Administration. According to the FDA, dietary supplements are regulated under a "different set of regulations from those covering 'conventional' food and drug products."" |
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