Nutrients in Foods

Nutrients in Foods

• Fiber
• Vitamins and Minerals

Nutrients in Foods Links

• 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.
  
• Beef Info Page The Canadian Beef Industry site focusing on food selection, plus a balanced discussion of iron in foods.
  
• 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.
  
• Fish Oils Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.
  
• 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.
  
• MedicalMeals Provides content on nutrients and health benefits of various foods, research library, and recipes for high protein beverages.
  
• Eat it Today at Welltopia Daily food facts on particular food items: food value, and how to select it. (Includes archives of past daily food facts.)
  
• A Balanced Diet Discusses role of carbohydrates, classes of, and foods high in complete proteins.
  
• Chromium Information Bureau Independent information resource for nutrition researchers, health care providers, media, and interested members of the public on the role of chromium in nutrition.
  
• Lycopene A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
  
• 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.
  
• Nutrients in Soyabeans A brief piece on the nutritional composition of soyabeans.
  
• Foods and Nutrition Solutions Information on food buying, preparation, preservation, safety, storage, and nutritive analysis.
  
• Nutrition Guide Information about nutrients in vegetables, green grasses, seeds, whole grains, sprouts, and legumes.
  
• Food Supplements Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients.
  
• Fish Oils in Health and Disease Data base with current scientific research relating to the benefits of fish oil and fish consumption.
  
• Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods.
  
• Nutrition Facts Labels Develops nutrition information for labels which meet Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Canadian and European Union (EU) standards.
  
• Exotic Fruit- Health, Diet, and Produce Information Nutrition information on exotic fruits. Includes facts about avocado, kiwi fruit, papaya, banana, and guava fruit.
  
• Fruits and Vegetables Has nutrition information concerning fruits and vegetables. Discusses vitamin content, treatment, and prophylaxis of many diseases using these foods.
  
• CalorieChart.org Provides chart detailing information on calories and nutrients in selected foods.
  
• Nutrition in Canned Foods Describes how canned food fits into healthy eating guidelines with discussion of nutrients, and comparison with fresh food.
  
• Food Additives and Ingredients Association Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
  
• CLA: Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Meat and Milk A good review of the known antioxidant qualities and still unanswered questions.
  
• 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.
  
• Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future? Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
  
• Live Long- Eat Smart Information including research articles on nutrition in vegetables, fruits, and grains.
  
• 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.
  
• Pecans, Nutritional Content. Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA
  
• Health and Nutrition Provides nutritional statistics on certain foods with diet and health outlines including the food pyramid.
  
• Foodcount.com Database of food descriptions, serving sizes, and nutrients available online. Offers chart to calculate the nutrient content of various diets.
  
• McVitamins, Index Index with extensive lists of popular fad diets, health symptoms, nutrition, and food additives.
  
• How Stuff Works: How Food Works Eight detailed segments describe food, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water, and the meaning of hunger. Helps you understand a nutrition label on your groceries.
  
• 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.
  
• What Is Cholesterol Explains what cholesterol is, functions of, and foods high in this lipid.
  
• 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.
  
• Nutrients in Whole Grains A broad discussion of the nutrients and protective substances in whole grains, with an extensive list of cited and uncited references. By General Mills, USA.
  
• Whey Protein Institute Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
  
• 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.
  
• What 's that Ingredient Information index on additives and ingredients that are contained in food products.