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• - Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA
  
• - Has listing of foods with saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Provides menus with fat and caloric content and nutritional values.
  
• - A non-profit, non-government organization for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency and the promotion of optimal iodine nutrition worldwide.
  
• - Learn about dietary nutritional supplements and how they can improve your health.
  
• - Study on the use of calcium and vitamin D for preventing hip fractures.
  
• - Information on food buying, preparation, preservation, safety, storage, and nutritive analysis.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Collected articles describing current scientific research relating to the benefits of fish oil and fish consumption, including benefits of fish oil for various conditions and diseases.
  
• - Information about antioxidants as an alternative treatment for various types of cancer.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Directory of information on nutritional supplements, herbal supplements and health concerns.
  
• - Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Nutritional values for common foods.
  
• - A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
  
• - Includes information about vitamins, minerals, herbs, bee products and antioxidants.
  
• - Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.
  
• - Discover nutrient contents and see if you're getting the RDA.
  
• - Offers online nutrition tools that generate nutrition facts labels for any food or recipe. Provides a nutrient almanac designed to aid in planning a healthy, balanced diet.
  
• - Information about nutrients in vegetables, green grasses, seeds, whole grains, sprouts, and legumes.
  
• - Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.
  
• - Information about nutritional supplements such as SAM-e, calcium pyruvate, bee propolis, phosphatidylserine, casein, and chromium picolinate.
  
• - Developer of nutritional analysis software. Includes WISP intake analyser, QBUILDER questionnaire development tool, CARAT recipe analysis.
  
• - Downloadable data sets prepared by the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory with nutrient values of foods.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
  
• - Describes how canned food fits into healthy eating guidelines with discussion of nutrients, and comparison with fresh food.
  
• - Index with extensive lists of popular fad diets, health symptoms, nutrition, and food additives.
  
• - Comprehensive breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.
  
• - Help to define the best fat for your own food application.
  
• - Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
  
• - Information about carbohydrates, fats, trans-fats, sugars, proteins, and other nutritional information about thousands of foods.
  
• - News and commentary on the latest developments and benefits of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids.
  
• - Free nutrition software for Linux and DOS, which records and analyzes meals with the USDA nutrient database.
  
• - Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Information from the University of Wisconsin detailing research papers on this subject. A PDF file of research summaries is available for download.
  
• - Free nutrition software based on USDA nutrient database.
  
• - Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects.
  
• - Online nutrient database of over 66,000 raw, cooked and packaged foods.
  
• - A brief summary on the nutritional composition of soyabeans.
  
• - Information about effects of vitamins and minerals in the body with reference listings for individual nutrients.