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Good nutrition links:

Below are a list of sites that may be helpful in gathering further information about nutrition and disease, along with a brief description of what you may find there. Just click on the site to be transferred there.

http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov - 1. after entering website, click on "Assess your food
intake" 2. create user id and password 3. fill in basic personal stats 4. then click on "proceed to food intake"From there you enter all of the foods you have eaten that day and then the serving size. Finally click on "save and analyze". This will take you to a page where you can choose
how to analyze the data you have just entered. I usually chose the nutrient intake link.(Thanks to JJ)

http://www.academicinfo.net/mednut.html - a nutrition degree information and resource guide, with links to research tools, journals, literature, etc.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-warn.html - warnings on dietary supplements

http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/foods/nf580.htm- listing of daily values [sadly the US Govt link is out of date]

http://web.indstate.edu/home/mwking/vitamins/htm/#b2 - vitamin structure and function

http://whyfiles.org/179food_pyramid/images/pyr_4.gif - food pyramids like vegetarian, mediterranean diets

Willett Food Pyramid professional graphic Willett Food Pyramid Beloit mural

http://www.nutritiondata.com - fantastic nutrition site; calculates how many calories and what nutrition you need based on age and BMI, analyzes food for nutrition value. Thanks to Leah Coccari-Swift for finding this wonderful site.

http://navigator.tufts.edu/- evaluates web sites related to nutrition-NOT IN SERVICE JULY, 2007

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi- The medline database, where you can find summaries of medical articles published in reputable journals, search by keyword.

http://www.healthfinder.gov/ - official US Government web site for health information

http://www.rimcountry.com/health.htm - a site with other useful links, but don't use the super blue green algae site.

http://www.phys.com/a_home/02index/index.htm - the nutrition page from self magazine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ - National Library of Medicine

http://www.mindfully.org/Food/2003/Food-PyramidJan03.htm - rebuilding the food pyramid - Willett

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/media.html - Interpreting media stories

http://www.allaboutstretchmarks.com/resources/10-tips-for-healthy-eating-and-physical-activity.html - a site recommended by a helpful librarian in Rhode Island

http://www.preventiondoc.com/index.htm - Dr. Yoon-Hang Kim's web site

http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ - Nurse's Health Study

http://www.healthandage.com/ - alzheimer's newsletter home, elderly health

http://www.thepaleodiet.com/ - The Paleo Diet, by Loren Cordain, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University

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