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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.