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The American Dietetic Association
www.eatright.org
The ADA is one of the major US professional membership organizations in nutrition. It provides nutrition information to the public; establishes standards of quality for professional dietetic practice; lobbies for federal nutrition legislation; and more. Their web site provides a variety of resources on health and nutrition including nutrition tips and fact sheets, articles, and a searchable database of dieticians by geographical area.
Arbor Nutrition Guide
http://arborcom.com/
This web site offers an extensive collection of links and search engines which are divided into 4 categories: applied nutrition (dietetics patient information, alternative medicine, public health and more), food science (food composition, food science and food safety), clinical nutrition (nutrition-related disease, at-risk groups, nutritional deficiencies, vitamins and minerals and much more), and food.
Food Find
http://nutrition.about.com/library/foodfind/blfoodfind.htm
Provides the nutrient composition of individual foods in six categores: fruits, vegetables, breads/grains, dairy, nut/seed, and fast food.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
This site contains resources compiled by the National Agricultural Library. Information available from this site is broad, ranging from food service and foodborne illness resources to educational materials from federal nutrition programs like Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Nutrition Education and Training Program Products. Features include a FNIC resource list, a section on links to major organizations, databases, FDA guidelines etc.; food composition resources; dietary guidelines; reports and studies; and a searchable A-Z health topic section.
Functional Foods for Health Program
www.ag.uiuc.edu/ffh/ffh.asp
The FFH program is a joint program of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University works with producers and processors of foods, dietary supplements, and ingredients to bring their combined resources to bear on the challenge of identifying, creating, and marketing safe and effective functional foods. Sections on this web site include news and up-dates; information resources; and health information links on functional foods.
Healthwell
www.healthwell.com
Part of a commercial web site; click on Health Concerns for high quality information on herbal remedies, nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, drug/nutrient interactions, health concerns and food notes. The information is provided by Healthnotes, Inc. and is prepared by experts in the field. It is based on scientific studies and meta-analyses from 548 scientific and medical journals, clinical experience, and traditional or folk usage and is categorized by quality and level of supporting scientific evidence.
Macrobiotics Online
www.macrobiotics.org
This site was developed by the Kushi Institute and provides extensive information on macrobiotics including articles, recipes, case histories and Kushi Institute programs.
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (ODS)
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
The web site includes information on dietary supplements updated daily. It covers programs, activities and scientific resources; news releases; information on grants, awards and contracts; conference and workshop programs; abstracts and bibliographies; ODS databases and extensive links to government and non-governmental sources of information. The ODS supports and coordinates research on dietary supplements, organizes conferences and symposia in conjunction with other NIH Centers and Institutes and compiles databases of federally funded research and scientific research on dietary supplements.
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
www.navigator.tufts.edu
Developed by Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy, this site acts as a rating guide to other nutrition web sites based on a detailed set of criteria, as reviewed by Tufts nutritionists. Sections include the following: general nutrition, nutrition sites for parents, women and children, health professionals, educators, journalists and special dietary needs.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ext>http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.asp
Links to a wide variety of federal government information on dietary supplements, including relevant government statements, general information, government regulatory information, other government agencies and more.
U.S. Soyfoods Directory
www.soyfoods.com
This site offers information on the nutritional value and the preparation of soy foods. It also highlights research abstracts from their international symposium on the benefits of soy, relevant organizations and recommended books.
The Vegetarian Resource Group
www.VRG.org
A non-profit organization, this site educates the public on vegetarianism and the related issues of nutrition, health, ecology, ethics, and world hunger.
The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom
www.vegsoc.org
The Vegetarian Society, a UK organization, is the oldest vegetarian organization in the world. Their web site provides news and press releases on health and nutrition; an online book store; health and nutrition information; a section on animals and the environment; and vegetarian recipes and articles on nutrition.
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Content last modified on May 19, 2004
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