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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. |