This site is specifically aimed at BIOL 1322 taught by Dr. Eleanor Skelley

American Dietetic Association (ADA) the largest group of food and nutrition professionals in the United States. This site provides access to ADA-produced resources, many of them full-text, such as position papers, food pyramids, bibliographies, and nutrition fact sheets
      - Careers in Dietetics
American Pharmaceutical Prices
American Society for Clinical Nutrition (ASCN) the premiere organization for clinical nutritionists in the United States. This site provides a variety of information including position papers, press releases, house testimony, meetings, employment opportunities, and external links to other organizations and resources
America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences by the USDA; the full text of the book is online in PDF format
Arbor Nutrition Guide includes links to clinical, applied, and food science sites. Topics covered range from sports nutrition to nutrition-related diseases
Biology in Motion developed by a biologist who is also a game developer; features cartoon mini-lectures, an evolution lab, a section of energy storage, another on fat digestion and bile, others on the thyroid, the cardiovascular system, cell division, urine concentration
Calorie Control Council
      - Calorie Counter Calculator
      - Low Calorie Sweeteners
      - Fat Replacers
      - Trends and Statistics on Dieting
      - Links to other great nutrition sites
      - What the labels means, understanding food labels on Light, Reduced-Fat and Low-Calorie foods
Calorie Content of Foods search engine
Calories Burned calculator
Campbell Kitchen --recipes and more
Canadian Diabetes Association
Center for Food Safety and Nutrition
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

-"This is an independent (no industry or government funding) nonprofit consumer health group which advocates honest food labeling and advertising, healthier foods in restaurants, pro-health alcohol policies, safer food additives, and sustainable agriculture" (Dr. Skelley)... see also, CSPI's Guide to Food Additives

Chemical Safety Information access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment and food
Cooking Light flavor replaces fat
Delicious Decisions American Heart Association recipes
Diet - CyberDiet free service, dietitian's advice, personal trainer advice, more
Diet Smart with celebrity trainers
Dying to be Thin - NOVA companion web site to the program
Eaters of the World, Unite Jim Hightower article about where the food industry is going - "Out of each dollar you spend on groceries, only 19 cents goes to the farmer, with corporate middlemen grabbing the rest"
Educational Resources: Health and Medicine
Fitness Equipment, AAA
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations major information dissemination point for FAO. Among the best features of this multilingual resource, the FAOSTAT database, a collection of statistics primarily in nutrition and agriculture, is available at the site. Nutrition specific databases include: Commodity Balances in Crops Equivalent or Livestock and Fish Equivalent, Food Aid, and Population in Annual Time Series. The Food and Nutrition Division provides publications focused on food quality and nutrition
Foodborne Illnesses from the USDA
Food Safety Education Month is September - from the USDA
Food Safety Information from the U.S. government
Healthy Dieting gives details of medical diets and other popular diets
The Healthy Refrigerator how to eat healthy
HerbMed interactive database on herbs and health
Hot Cereals: Not Your Mother's Cream of Wheat what to look for in hot cereals
Institute of Food Research a for-profit research group in the UK which focuses on food science - see the image library and the science briefs
International Vegetarian Union (IVU) comprised of vegetarian societies worldwide for the purpose of "promoting vegetarianism as a means of advancing . . . the well being of mankind." This multilingual site offers access to a variety of resources including: an article index (for articles produced by its members), extensive links to its member organizations, recipes, news, events, and special-interest combinations such as the Jewish Vegetarian and Ecological Society. It also features a listing of vegetarian phrases used around the world. The site includes a search engine
Junk Food Mecca links to all the corporate sites for junk food
Low Fat Recipes
McDougall Wellness Center effects of nutrition on disease - his diet can reverse many major illnesses without drugs
Nutrition Analysis Tool free to download
Nutrition and Food Safety Resource International Food Information Council - scientific information on food safety, nutrition and health
Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 1995 USDA Dietary Guidelines, revised in December 1995, are available full-text at this site
Nutrition.gov new site (2001) of nutrition and health information on Government websites
Nutrition Source healthy eating guidelines from the Harvard School of Public Health
Ohioline-Food contains full-text fact sheets, bulletins, and other educational materials
Organic Europe back-to-basics farming movement
Peanut Board, National lots of information about the peanut for kids, for nutritionistst, for growers, and for cooks
PENpages provides full-text information relating to the agricultural sciences, human nutrition, aging, family, and other related issues. It contains over 13,000 research-based reports, newsletters, bibliographies, and fact sheets. The information is provided by researchers and experts in all areas of Cooperative Extension from around the nation
Pesticide Residues in Conventional, IPM-grown and Organic Foods a study of three U.S. data sets
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine -Dr. Skelley says, "I have found some especially useful reports on clinical research regarding nutrition there." The site is also great for a non- institutional view of issues in medicine and medical treatment.
The Quality of Our Nation's Waters: Nutrients and Pesticides report from the USGS -- "presents insights on nutrients and pesticides in water and on pesticides in bed sediment and fish tissue."
Report of the FDA Retail Food Program Database of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors this 59-page report "establishes a baseline to measure how effective industry and regulatory efforts are in changing behaviors and practices that directly relate to food-borne illness in the retail food industry."
The Right Bite Program from the University of the Incarnate Word
Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
Shape Up America! documents on healthy living
Soybean Insect Research Information Center
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) one of the specialized information centers at the National Agricultural Library. Nutrition databases, publications, audiovisuals, and software that were developed by FNIC and other branches of the USDA are available through this site. Specialized topics include information about healthy school meals, WIC, HACCP training materials, food safety, and foodborne illness education. Many of the publications are available full-text
USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory provides access to a large number of food composition databases. Individual databases include information about the sugar, selenium, trans-fatty acid, carotenoid, Vitamin D, and Vitamin K content of selected foods. The USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 11-1 contains the nutrient content of over 5,900 foods. These databases and their documentation may be searched by keyword and downloaded in a variety of formats
Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) goal is to provide the public with information about vegetarianism and interrelated issues. The Veg-News listserv, Vegetarian Journal, and numerous other publications and software programs are produced by VRG and available through this site. The site also includes a number of full-text documents about vegetarian nutrition and lifestyles, including often-difficult-to-locate information about vegetarian choices at fast food restaurants, vegetarian food for institutions, and vegetarian options for travel

"Those who eat two portions a day--equivalent to a bacon sandwich and a fillet of steak--increase their risk of bowel cancer by 35% over those who eat just one portion a week, the study found. The World Health Organization's international agency for research on cancer (IARC) called for everybody to eat more fish and less meat...

"It found that eating fiber, in the form of vegetables, fruit and wholegrain cereals, lessened the risk of meat eating and that fish, eaten at least every other day, was protective" (Sarah BOseley. "European study links red meat diet to cancer." Guardian Weekly, June 24, 2005: 21).