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.

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/dietary/
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this database provides information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers.

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.

Harvard School of Public Health: The Nutrition Source
www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource
Current information on diet and nutrition for clinicians and consumers.

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; conference and workshop programs; abstracts and bibliographies; ODS databases and extensive links to government and non-governmental sources of information.

Oldways Prservation and Exchange Trust
www.oldwayspt.org
Evidence-based online guides for healthy eating through Asian, Latin, Mediterranean and vegetarian food pyramids.

Tufts University: The Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternatiave Medicine program — Nutrition
www.tufts.edu/med/ebcam/nutrition/index.html
Evidence-based information on supplements, vitamins, probiotics and antioxidants. Reviews nutritional approaches for health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, HIB and weight loss.

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.

Information on Food Allergies

Gluten Free Restaurant Awareness Program
www.glutenfreerestaurants.org
This awareness program developed by the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group (WCSSG) facilitates the relationship between individuals with celiac disease and individually owned and operated restaurants that understand their dietary needs. The site offers printable customer cards to give to the chef at restaurants with information on dietary consideration, an online locator for restaurants that participate in the program, and other helpful services.

The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
www.foodallergy.org
This organization was established in 1991 to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis. The site provides information on common food allergies, school guidelines, travel tips, a portion of the site for kids and teen issues and much more.

Allergy Free Passport
www.allergyfreepassport.com
This web site, available in English, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian, serves to empower individuals with food allergies and specialized diets to safely dine outside the home, travel and explore the world. They offer Let’s Eat Out and other pocket-sized guides to major cuisines to help make safe food choices for those with major food allergies such as corn, dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.

Select Wisely
www.selectwisely.com
SelectWisely offers customized food alert cards for a variety of foods and languages to create a translation card specific to your needs. Single food, multi-food and multi-language cards are offered made to your particular travel plans and food requirements. They also offer information on traveling with allergies and a list of resources for further information and services.

Content last modified on Feb 27, 2009