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| Web Pages |
| 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: 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. |
| Soy Info Online |
| Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects. |
| 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. Extensive notes on wild African, Asian, and European edible plants. |
| Food Additives and Ingredients Association |
| Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives. |
| Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data |
| Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods. |
| Foods and Nutrition Solutions |
| Information on food buying, preparation, preservation, safety, storage, and nutritive analysis. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Nutrients in Soyabeans |
| A brief piece on the nutritional composition of soyabeans. |
| Nutrition in Canned Foods |
| Describes how canned food fits into healthy eating guidelines with discussion of nutrients, and comparison with fresh food. |
| Pecans, Nutritional Content. |
| Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA |
| Fish Oils |
| Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lycopene |
| A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes. |
| Loders Croklaan Lipid Nutrition |
| Supplies products resulting from an intensive lipid research program dedicated to delivering lipid ingredients with proven health benefits from natural sources. |
| McVitamins, Index |
| Index with extensive lists of popular fad diets, health symptoms, nutrition, and food additives. |
| Nutrition Guide |
| Information about nutrients in vegetables, green grasses, seeds, whole grains, sprouts, and legumes. |
| Whey Protein Institute |
| Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet. |
| Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future? |
| Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet. |
| Food Supplements |
| Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients. |
| 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. |
| Beef Nutrition |
| Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry. |
| Food Find |
| Nutritional values for common foods. |
| International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder |
| A non-profit, non-government organization for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency and the promotion of optimal iodine nutrition worldwide. |
| FoodGenius.com |
| Discover nutrient contents and see if you're getting the RDA. |
| Nutry: Free Nutrition Software |
| Free nutrition software based on USDA nutrient database. |
| The fats for foods consultant |
| Help to define the best fat for your own food application. |
| Nutritional analysis software |
| Developer of nutritional analysis software. Includes WISP intake analyser, QBUILDER questionnaire development tool, CARAT recipe analysis. |
| Carb Counter |
| Provides detailed nutritional information including carb, protein and fibre contents for over 6000 foods. |