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.)Beef Info Page - The Canadian Beef Industry site focusing on food selection, plus a balanced discussion of iron in foods.
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.
CLA: Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Meat and Milk - A good review of the known antioxidant qualities and still unanswered questions.
Nutrients in Soyabeans - A brief piece on the nutritional composition of soyabeans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 - Data base with current scientific research relating to the benefits of fish oil and fish consumption.
Foodcount.com - Database of food descriptions, serving sizes, and nutrients available online. Offers chart to calculate the nutrient content of various diets.
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.
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.
Exotic Fruit- Health, Diet, and Produce Information - Nutrition information on exotic fruits. Includes facts about avocado, kiwi fruit, papaya, banana, and guava fruit.
Whey Protein Institute - Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
What Is Cholesterol - Explains what cholesterol is, functions of, and foods high in this lipid.
CalorieChart.org - Provides chart detailing information on calories and nutrients in selected foods.
MedicalMeals - Provides content on nutrients and health benefits of various foods, research library, and recipes for high protein beverages.
A Balanced Diet - Discusses role of carbohydrates, classes of, and foods high in complete proteins.
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.
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.