Nutrition Links

The World Wide Web has an unbelievable amount of valuable, trustworthy nutrition information. You could spend days on end "surfing" these sites to increase your knowledge of nutrition. Be aware, however, that not all sites will be giving sound, accurate advice. If you’re unsure, check their sources. Also, compare their advice to that given by a known authority like the American Dietetic Association or another governmental organization. Here is a listing of a few good sites; you’ll find they often lead you to other sites.

NACUFS Food & Nutrition Quick Links:

• Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Health and Nutrition
• Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diets
• Childhood Nutrition and School Food Service
• Diabetes
• Eating Disorders
• Food Allergies
• Food Guide Pyramid
• Food Label Information
• Food, Nutrition and Health Agencies and Organizations
• Food Safety & Sanitation
• Food Science and Technology
• Functional Foods
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
• Lactose Intolerance
• Nutrient Database and Product Information
• Nutrition and Health Consumer Information
• Nutrition and Health Newsletters
• Osteoporosis and Calcium
• Pregnancy
• Recipes and Cooking
• Sports Nutrition/Fitness
• Supplements and Meds
• Weight Management
• Vegetarian and Vegan Information

Alternative and Complementary Medicine

• The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov
• Alternative health news online http://www.altmedicine.com

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Cancer

• The American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org
• National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov
• 5 A Day For Better Health; National Cancer Institute promotion http://5aday.gov/
• American Institute for Cancer Research; includes materials for The New American Plate promotion http://www.aicr.org

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Cardiovascular Health and Nutrition (heart)

• The American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org
• The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
• National Cholesterol Education Program http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep/index.htm
• National High Blood Pressure Education Program http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm

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Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diets

• American Celiac Sprue Association website http://www.csaceliacs.org
• Canadian Celiac Association website http://www.celiac.ca
• Celiac disease and gluten-free diet on-line resource center www.celiac.com
• Collection of website links http://www.gluten-free.org
• Gluten-Free Mall for Gluten-Free Food
• Information, resources, and gluten-free products http://www.glutenfree.com
• Gluten Free Diet: A comprehensive resource guide that can be purchased www.glutenfreediet.ca

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Childhood Nutrition and School Foodservice

• American School Foodservice Association; child nutrition "eSource" http://www.asfsa.org/
• School foodservice resource center and promotion ideas http://www.newenglanddairycouncil.org/
• National Dairy Council: links for kids, parents, educators, and school foodservice http://www.nutritionexplorations.org
• Fun site for kids to promote eating 5 A Day www.dole5aday.com

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Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://www.niddk.nih.gov
• The National Diabetes Education Initiative http://www.ndei.org
• For information about cooking and foods for people with diabetes http://www.DiabeticCooking.com

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Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Inc http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
• Identification of Disordered Eating http://www.something-fishy.org
• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. http://www.anred.com
• Eating Disorders Resource Catalog & other resources and links http://www.bulimia.com
• Overeaters Anonymous http://www.overeatersanonymous.org
• HUGS International: promotes the non-diet approach to weight management and size acceptance http://www.hugs.com
• Body Image Information: About Face! http://www.about-face.org
• After the Diet™ is a network of professionals dedicated to helping people overcome eating problems http://www.afterthediet.com

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Food Allergies

• The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network http://www.foodallergy.org
• Gateway to asthma, allergy, and intolerance information on the web www.allallergy.net
• The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov
• The Anaphylaxis Campaign, a web site from the United Kingdom that provides information regarding anaphylaxis and other information related to food allergies. www.anaphylaxis.org.uk
• FDA consumer information http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-alrg1.html
• Asthma and allergy information and research; from United Kingdom http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~aair/nut_corr.htm
• Allergy Dietitian- very knowledgeable Australian RD; food allergy and intolerance information site http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergydietitian/
• Allergy Advisor; international allergy resources www.allergyadvisor.com
• Allergy Translation www.allergytranslation.com

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Food Guide Pyramid

• Food, Nutrition, and Information Center http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pyramid.html

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Food Label Information

• FDA; The Food Label http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/ foodlabel/newlabel.html

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Food, Nutrition and Health Agencies and Organizations

• A new federal resource that provides easy access to all online federal government information on nutrition; this national resource makes obtaining government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety, easily accessible in one place http://www.nutrition.gov
• The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Office of Public Health and Science, the Office of the Secretary, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services coordinate site: portal to web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal Departments http://www.health.gov

• Homepage http://www.cdc.gov
• Access CDC reports, recommendations, public health statistics http://wonder.cdc.gov
• National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

• Homepage http://www.fda.gov

• Homepage: health information, news and events, scientific resources; provides links to all of the NIH institutes http://www.nih.gov

• Homepage http://www.usda.gov
• The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is one of several information centers at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
• National Agricultural Library www.nalusda.gov

• Homepage http://www.dhhs.gov
• International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) http://ific.org/
• American Council on Science and Health http://www.acsh.org
• National Dairy Council http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org
• National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA); represents the interests of some 3,000 retailers and 1,000 manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of health foods, dietary supplements, natural ingredient cosmetics, and other natural products; the organization does a lot of lobbying - their "True Label" campaign intends to ensure high quality products; site has information on regulatory and legislative affairs, science and quality assurance, conventions, public affairs, and communications http://www.nnfa.org
• The American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org

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Food Safety & Sanitation

Centers for Disease Control

• Food safety information www.cdc.gov/foodsafety
• Public Health Partners-networks and resources http://www.cdc.gov/other.htm
• Emerging Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response http://www.bt.cdc.gov

• FDA Food Code http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodcode.html
• HACCP guidelines and general information http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccp.html
• HACCP Guidebook for the preparation of plans and generic HACCP models http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/nis/outreach/models/HACCP-1.pdf
• HACCP/pathogen reduction & implementation http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/hazard_analysis_&_pathogen_reduction/index.asp
• Recall and safety alerts http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
• Food safety materials for children and students http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html
• The Bad Bug Book http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
• Other language documents http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/language.html

• Food Safety and Inspection Service Food Safety Publications http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/index.asp
• Recall information: USDA meat and poultry http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Recalls/index.asp
• Food safety educator newsletter; free subscription to quarterly newsletter including the latest food safety news http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/ food_safety_educator/index.asp
• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information http://www.foodsafety.gov
• National Food Safety Education Month www.foodsafety.gov/september
• Interstate Shellfish Sanitation www.issc.org
• ServSafe; National Restaurant Association http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/
• FightBAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education http://www.fightbac.org
• Home Food Safety - It's in Your Hands http://www.homefoodsafety.org
• Iowa State University CES; great resource for simple food safety lessons; good for hourly employees; this is geared to home food safety - but is easily adaptable http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety
• Great resource for fun food safety training; this professor has written food safety songs with popular tunes; he also includes PowerPoint® presentations http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html

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Food Science and Technology

• Institute of Food Technology http://www.ift.org/
• Food Resource: a source of science-based information for the food industry; lists ingredient information http://food.oregonstate.edu

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Functional Foods

• Flax Council of Canada http://www.flaxcouncil.ca
• Dietitian's homepage; book on flax available on site http://www.flaxrd.com
• Wild blueberry Association of North America http://www.wildblueberries.com/

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Gastrointestinal Diseases

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov
• American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/
• Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America http://www.ccfa.org

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Hypertension (high blood pressure)

• Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/
• International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, Inc. http://www.ishib.org
• National High Blood Pressure Education Program; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm
• Salt Institute: everything you want to know about salt http://www.saltinstitute.org/

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Lactose Intolerance

• Long list of web links providing information about Lactose Intolerance, food allergies, nutrition, diets, calcium alternatives, dairy-free recipes, lactose-free vitamins & foods http://www.lactose.net

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Nutrient Database and Product Information

• USDA/ARS Nutrient Database Laboratory http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata
• Fast food nutrition facts explorer www.fatcalories.com
• Food Profile: Food industry's product information source www.foodprofile.com

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Nutrition and Health Consumer Information

• Federal Gateway to reliable consumer health and human services links and information http://www.healthfinder.gov
• USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP). Includes the Interactive Healthy Eating Index (IHEI), an on-line dietary assessment tool that provides a quick measure of a person's dietary quality http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) http://www.cspinet.org
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/dga/dguide95.html
• The Maryland Dietetic Association: provides several links to other good sites http://eatwellmd.org
• Ask the Dietitian: site is run by Joanne Larsen, MS, RD; she answers common nutrition-related questions http://www.dietitian.com
• United States National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions http://www.quackwatch.com
• Harvard School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source: Knowledge for Healthy Eating; includes section on interpreting current news in the media http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/
• Mayo Clinic: reliable health and nutrition information http://www.mayoclinic.com
• Baylor College of Medicine http://public.bcm.tmc.edu
• Health Central, Dr. Dean Edell - "America's Doctor" http://www.healthcentral.com
• WebMD; American Dietetic Association contributes http://www.webmd.org

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Nutrition and Health Newsletters

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) publishes Nutrition Action, a monthly newsletter about nutrition and food http://www.cspinet.org
• Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter http://www.healthletter.tufts.edu
• Healthy Weight Journal http://www.healthyweight.net
• Nutrition News Focus: subscribe to daily e-mail that investigates the latest nutrition news http://www.nutritionnewsfocus.com/
• University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County: link to subscribe to free monthly e-mail newsletter that provides a "how-to" message on food, nutrition, or food safety for health professionals, educators, and consumers http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/food-reflections.shtml
• Environmental Nutrition; award-winning, respected nutrition newsletter http://www.environmentalnutrition.com

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Osteoporosis and Calcium

• National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org
• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center http://www.osteo.org/
• Got Milk? http://whymilk.com
• Calcium information resource; sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline http://www.calciuminfo.com

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Pregnancy

• U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Information for Pregnant Women http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-preg.html
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center: Nutrition During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000083.html

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Recipes and Cooking

• The Recipe Link http://www.recipelink.com
• Recipe Center http://www.recipecenter.com
• Recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appétit magazines http://www.eat.epicurious.com
• Cooking Light http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/
• Lowfat vegetarian recipe archive http://www.fatfree.com
• Copy Kat Creations; popular restaurant recipes duplicated http://www.copykat.com
• Top Secret Recipes; kitchen clones of America's favorite brand-name foods http://www.topsecretrecipes.com

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Sports Nutrition/Fitness

• The Presidents Council on Fitness and Sports http://www.fitness.gov/
• American Council on Exercise http://www.acefitness.org
• The Physician and Sports Medicine www.physsportsmed.com
• National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity http://www.ncppa.org
• University of Illinois Cooperative Extension; Sports and Nutrition - The Winning Connection http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/
• University of Arizona Cooperative Extension; Winning Sports Nutrition manual available to order - good teaching resource that includes handouts and overheads http://ag.arizona.edu/nsc/new/sn/index.htm
• A peer-reviewed site for sport research http://www.sportsci.org
• American College of Sports Medicine: presents current research and information http://www.acsm.org
• Fitness Facts for Older Americans http://www.aoa.gov
• Department of Health and Human Services; general information on exercise http://www.os.dhhs.gov
• American Heart Association; exercise diary available http://www.americanheart.org

  Self Magazine; health calculators http://www.self.com

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Supplements and Meds

• National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
• Industry watchdog http://www.supplementwatch.com
• Industry watchdog; independent tests of herbs, vitamins, and other supplements http://www.consumerlab.com
• Information about prescription, and non-prescription drugs and natural remedies http://www.Rx.com
• Herbal Research Council http://www.herbs.org
• American Botanical Council; includes recommended dosages and potential drug interactions http://www.herbalgram.org

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Weight management

• The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management is a coalition of representatives from science, academia, the health care profession, and government, commercial enterprises and organizations whose mission is to promote sound guidance on strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/
• The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH); WIN provides health professionals and consumers with science-based information on obesity, weight control, and nutrition http://win.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Aim for a healthy weight http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/ obesity/lose_wt/patmats.htm

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Vegetarian and Vegan Information

• The Vegetarian Resource Group http://www.vrg.org
• Vegetarian Times http://www.vegetariantimes.com
• Vegan Society http://www.vegansociety.com
• Vegetarian Union of North America (text available in English, Spanish, and French) http://www.ivu.org/vuna
• Internet vegetarian community http://www.vegweb.com

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