Top: Health: Nutrition: Nutrients

» AboutOmega3.com - Offers information and practical advice about fish oil, omega 3, and fatty acids.




» AllNutritionals.com - Includes information about vitamins, minerals, herbs, bee products and antioxidants.




» Beef Nutrition - Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.




» Calcium and Vitamin D - Study on the use of calcium and vitamin D for preventing hip fractures.




» Conjugated Linoleic Acids - Information from the University of Wisconsin detailing research papers on this subject. A PDF file of research summaries is available for download.




» Egg Nutrition Center - 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.




» Essential Fatty Acids - 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.




» Fish Oils - Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.




» Fish Oils in Health and Disease - 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.




» Food Additives and Ingredients Association - Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.




» Food Find - Nutritional values for common foods.




» Food Supplements - Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients.




» FoodGenius.com - Discover nutrient contents and see if you're getting the RDA.




» Glyconutrients Reference - Provides research findings, mechanism of action, and details of suppliers.




» Hydrogenated Oils: The Silent Killers - Discusses the effects of hydrogenated oils in the human diet, with numerous references to scientific studies.




» Lansbergen, Gabrie - Help to define the best fat for your own food application.




» Life Research Universal- Health Department - Has listing of foods with saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Provides menus with fat and caloric content and nutritional values.




» Lutein - The Vision Carotenoid - 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.




» Lycopene - A resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.




» 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.




» Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart - Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.




» Natural Food: Fruit - 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.




» Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds - 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: Vegetables - 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.




» NUT Nutrition Software - Free nutrition software for Linux and DOS, which records and analyzes meals with the USDA nutrient database.




» NutraSanus - Directory of information on nutritional supplements, herbal supplements and health concerns.




» Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data - Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods.




» 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.




» NutrientFinder.com - Online nutrient database of over 66,000 raw, cooked and packaged foods.




» Nutrition Facts - Information about carbohydrates, fats, trans-fats, sugars, proteins, and other nutritional information about thousands of foods.




» The Nutrition Guide - A breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.




» Nutrition: What should we eat? - Describes food nutrients with dietary tips, discusses dietary risks, and gives links to additional information including nutrition books.




» Nutry: Free Nutrition Software - Offers free nutrition software based on USDA nutrient database.




» Pecans, Nutritional Content. - Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA




» Rushing, Mary - 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.




» Soy Info Online - Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects.




» Whey Protein Institute - Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.