- Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds - http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_grains_beans_seeds.htm
- 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.
- Natural Food: Fruit - http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_fruit_common.htm
- 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.
- Soy Info Online - http://www.soyinfo.com/
- Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects.
- Natural Food: Vegetables - http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_vegetables.htm
- 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. Includes notes on wild African, Asian, and European edible plants.
- Food Additives and Ingredients Association - http://www.faia.org.uk
- Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
- Conjugated Linoleic Acids - http://www.wisc.edu/fri/research.htm
- Information from the University of Wisconsin detailing research papers on this subject. A PDF file of research summaries is available for download.
- Lutein - The Vision Carotenoid - http://www.luteininfo.com
- 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.
- Pecans, Nutritional Content. - http://www.ilovepecans.org/nutrition.html
- Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA
- Fish Oils - http://www.pinc.com/healthnews/fishoils.html
- Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.
- Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart - http://www.caloriecountercharts.com
- Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.
- Fish Oils in Health and Disease - http://www.oilofpisces.com
- 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.
- Egg Nutrition Center - http://www.enc-online.org/
- 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.
- Lycopene - http://www.lycopene.org/
- A resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
- Whey Protein Institute - http://www.wheyoflife.org/
- Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
- Food Supplements - http://foodsupplements.homestead.com
- Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients.
- Life Research Universal- Health Department - http://www.liferesearchuniversal.com/health.html#apple
- Has listing of foods with saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Provides menus with fat and caloric content and nutritional values.
- Beef Nutrition - http://www.beefinfo.org/nutrient.cfm
- Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.
- Food Find - http://nutrition.about.com/library/foodfind/blfoodfind.htm
- Nutritional values for common foods.
- FoodGenius.com - http://www.foodgenius.com/
- Discover nutrient contents and see if you're getting the RDA.
- Nutry: Free Nutrition Software - http://www.geocities.com/nutryware/
- Offers free nutrition software based on USDA nutrient database.
- Lansbergen, Gabrie - http://www.fatsforfoods.com/
- Help to define the best fat for your own food application.
- The Nutrition Guide - http://www.thenutritionguide.com
- A breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.
- NutrientFacts.com - http://www.nutrientfacts.com
- 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.
- NutraSanus - http://www.nutrasanus.com
- Directory of information on nutritional supplements, herbal supplements and health concerns.
- AllNutritionals.com - http://allnutritionals.com
- Includes information about vitamins, minerals, herbs, bee products and antioxidants.
- Nutrition Facts - http://www.food-stats.com
- Information about carbohydrates, fats, trans-fats, sugars, proteins, and other nutritional information about thousands of foods.
- NutrientFinder.com - http://www.nutrientfinder.com
- Online nutrient database of over 66,000 raw, cooked and packaged foods.
- Calcium and Vitamin D - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band37/b37-4.html
- Study on the use of calcium and vitamin D for preventing hip fractures.
- Glyconutrients Reference - http://www.glyconutrientsreference.com
- Provides research findings, mechanism of action, and details of suppliers.
- Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data - http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12354500
- Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods.
- Medspice.com - http://www.medspice.com/
- Shows how antioxidants and other compounds in spices help to prevent and treat many illnesses including Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
- Nutrition: What should we eat? - http://users.california.com/~parvin/nutrition.html
- Describes food nutrients with dietary tips, discusses dietary risks, and gives links to additional information including nutrition books.
- AboutOmega3.com - http://www.aboutomega3.com/
- Offers information and practical advice about fish oil, omega 3, and fatty acids.
- Rushing, Mary - http://www.maryrushing.com/
- For health-care professionals and consumers, glyco- and other concentrated nutrients help the body reclaim its own healing abilities. "Informative Calls" and short history on finding Stem Cells generated by taking glyconutrients.
- NUT Nutrition Software - http://nut.sourceforge.net/
- Free nutrition software for Linux and DOS, which records and analyzes meals with the USDA nutrient database.
- Essential Fatty Acids - http://goodfats.pamrotella.com/
- Explanation of the fatty acids that are healthy. Omega-3, Omega-6, and Omega-9 fatty acids and which foods they can be found in.
- Hydrogenated Oils: The Silent Killers - http://www.dldewey.com/hydroil.htm
- Discusses the effects of hydrogenated oils in the human diet, with numerous references to scientific studies.
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