Recommended Web Sites

Eat 5 a Day - Here are the government guidelines on how many fruit and vegetable servings we should all be eating. Look for great recipes too!

Heart Healthy Eating - The National Women's Health Information Center has created this information about good eating habits.

Nutrition: Tips for Improving Your Health - This information comes from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Rules for Healthy Eating - The National Center for Farmworker Health offers these rules.

Serving Size Surprise! - InteliHealth provides this clever game - check your ability to determine the proper serving size of more than a dozen food items.

American Dietetic Association - Good nutrition advice and publications, and a link to "Find a Dietitian".

American Diabetes Association - Excellent information on nutrition for diabetics and non-diabetics. Most of the diets with 'exchange' lists are derived from publications issued by this organization.

Analyze My Plate -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help you figure out the best ways to eat.

Are Detox Diets Safe? - The answer is no; but go to KidsHealth for Teens to find out more.

Basic Ingredients for a Healthy Kitchen - The American Cancer Society provides this information, which is good even if you don't have cancer.

Best Bones Forever! - This site, from the CDC, has useful information on how to help girls develop lifelong bone-healthy habits.

Calculate Your Daily Calorie Needs - The American Cancer Society hosts this calculator.

The Calorie King - Comprehensive list of calories for not only individual foods, but also for fast food products.

Color Your Diet: Fresh Fruit 10 Ways - The Mayo Clinic clues us in on how to best keep and eat fruit.

Daily Calorie Calculator - The Mayo Clinic makes this tool, and others, available at their site.

Deciphering Media Stories on Diet: Nutrition in the News - These clues on how to understand the stories in the news comes from Harvard School of Public Health.

Do You Live in a Food Desert? - Find out, and how that can affect your health, with this information from the CDC.

Eating Healthy With Ethnic Foods - The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has created this handy list of the healthiest ethnic foods.

FitDay.com - FitDay members are tracking their foods, exercises, weight loss, and goals online. FitDay produces lists of fat, carbs, protein and alcohol; and allows you to chart what you eat and see how your food intake breaks down nutritionallly. And FitDay is free!

Food and Nutrition Information Center - The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Library team up to present this food and nutrition information from the government. Here you will find information on dietary supplements, the food pyramid and dietary guidelines.

Food Ingredients and Colors - This information comes from the Food and Drug Administration.

Food Labeling and Nutrition - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration covers nutritional advice, how to read labels, and precautions about false advertisers in this consumer-oriented web site.

Food Pyramid: An Option for Better Eating - The Mayo Clinic tells you how to use the food pyramid.

Food Pyramids: What Should You Really Eat? - The Harvard School of Public Health answers that question.

Fruits and Veggies Matter - Thanks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this information.

Go, Slow, and Whoa Foods - The National Institutes of Health has created this great fact sheet on which foods are best.

Healthy Breakfast - This time the Mayo Clinic explains the importance of a good breakfast.

Healthy Diet Basics: Using a Food Pyramid - The Mayo Clinic presents several specialty pyramids, in addition to the usual one: Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean, the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid, and the Vegetarian Diet Pyramid.

Healthy Eating: 10 Ways to Add Pizazz - The Mayo Clinic offers this information.

The Healthy Fridge - This site is divided into four separate sections, including The Healthy Fridge, Good Nutrition, Heart of the Matter, and Just for Kids. Look for recipes, quizzes and other nutritional notes.

Just Enough For You: Food Portions - The Weigh-control Information Network has created this handout - just for you.

Key to Nutrition: A Diversified Portfolio - The Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health offers this information.

Main Attraction: Fresh Vegetables 10 Ways - The Mayo Clinic clues us in on how to best keep and eat veggies.

MedlinePlus: Nutrition - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases, conditions, and concerns. Other topics of interest include:

• Child Nutrition
• Nutrition for Seniors
• Obesity in Children

Monterey Bay Seafood Watch - This is a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources. They recommend which seafood to buy or avoid, helping consumers to become advocates for environmentally friendly seafood.

MyFoodapedia - The Dept. of Agriculture has produced this method of looking up the nutritional values of all sorts of foods.

MyPyramid - The US Department of Agriculture has established new food guidelines, check out this site to see what you should be eating.

Nutrition.gov - The US Department of Agriculture hosts this excellent site.

Nutrition Problems and Their Solutions - Thanks to the Cleveland Clinic for this extensive list of special problems and special solutions.

The Nutrition Source - Harvard School of Public Health has put together this web site.

Portion Distortion - Read how portion size has grown, and our waistlines have too! This site also provides good tips on recognizing the right portion size.

Probiotics - The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has created this handout.

Recipe Re-mix - Need help making a recipe healthier? Try this tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Red Wine and Your Heart - The journal Circulation has followed several studies about the benefits of wine.

Score Your Diet - Click here to see how your diet affects not only your health, but the environment and animal welfare.

What's In The Foods You Eat? - The full contents of the USDA Food Nutrient Database appear at this site, providing complete nutritional information for most foods.

Weight Loss and Nutrition Myths - The government's Weight Control Information Network has published this information on dieting and nutrition.

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