Health, Nutrition, Nutrients
- Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA
- Has listing of foods with saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Provides menus with fat and caloric content and nutritional values.
- A non-profit, non-government organization for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency and the promotion of optimal iodine nutrition worldwide.
- Learn about dietary nutritional supplements and how they can improve your health.
- Study on the use of calcium and vitamin D for preventing hip fractures.
- Information on food buying, preparation, preservation, safety, storage, and nutritive analysis.
- Discusses how we came to be eating the small range of fruits we now eat, and the relative nutritional and protective strengths of commercially available fruit.
- Collected articles describing current scientific research relating to the benefits of fish oil and fish consumption, including benefits of fish oil for various conditions and diseases.
- Information about antioxidants as an alternative treatment for various types of cancer.
- Simple and clear information on role of lutein, a plant carotenoid deficient in most western diets, in vision, especially the prevention of 'age-related macular degeneration', as well as overall health, from the 'Lutein Information Bureau' in USA.
- Directory of information on nutritional supplements, herbal supplements and health concerns.
- Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.
- Scientific information for nutritionists and health care providers to learn about eggs and good nutrition. Has list of research and scientific studies done an eggs online.
- Nutritional values for common foods.
- A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
- Includes information about vitamins, minerals, herbs, bee products and antioxidants.
- Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.
- Discover nutrient contents and see if you're getting the RDA.
- Offers online nutrition tools that generate nutrition facts labels for any food or recipe. Provides a nutrient almanac designed to aid in planning a healthy, balanced diet.
- Information about nutrients in vegetables, green grasses, seeds, whole grains, sprouts, and legumes.
- Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.
- Information about nutritional supplements such as SAM-e, calcium pyruvate, bee propolis, phosphatidylserine, casein, and chromium picolinate.
- Developer of nutritional analysis software. Includes WISP intake analyser, QBUILDER questionnaire development tool, CARAT recipe analysis.
- Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods.
- Covers legumes and seeds and their role in the human diet through human evolution. Focuses on the legume, grain, and seed species worldwide, and is particularly relevant to the legume/grain debate in reference to human biochemistry.
- Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
- Describes how canned food fits into healthy eating guidelines with discussion of nutrients, and comparison with fresh food.
- Index with extensive lists of popular fad diets, health symptoms, nutrition, and food additives.
- Comprehensive breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.
- Help to define the best fat for your own food application.
- Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
- Information about carbohydrates, fats, trans-fats, sugars, proteins, and other nutritional information about thousands of foods.
- News and commentary on the latest developments and benefits of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids.
- Free nutrition software for Linux and DOS, which records and analyzes meals with the USDA nutrient database.
- Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
- A discussion of the nutritional values of vegetables during human evolution and today; including the importance of tubers, roots, corms, rhizomes and bulbs during evolution. Extensive notes on wild African, Asian, and European edible plants.
- Information from the University of Wisconsin detailing research papers on this subject. A PDF file of research summaries is available for download.
- Free nutrition software based on USDA nutrient database.
- Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects.
- Online nutrient database of over 66,000 raw, cooked and packaged foods.
- A brief summary on the nutritional composition of soyabeans.
- Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients.
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