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TopiaSearch: Health: Nutrition: Nutrients in Foods (180)
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. Nutrients in Soyabeans - A brief piece on the nutritional composition of soyabeans. 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. 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. Calorie Counter Chart - Provides chart detailing information on calories, carbohydrates, and nutrients in selected foods. MedicalMeals - Provides content on nutrients and health benefits of various foods, research library, and recipes for high protein beverages. Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future? - Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet. 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. Beef Nutrition - Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry. Purerfoods - Database of independently verified healthy supermarket foods, for creating eating plans, suitable for all dietary needs. Food Find - Nutritional values for common foods. Globe and Mail: Eat it all Up - Suggests that the ten most nutritious foods are sweet potatoes, broccoli, oats, garlic, walnuts, tea, black raspberries, fish, tomatoes, and apples. Discusses the nutrients and suspected health effects of each.
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