Nutrition

The Government and Nutrition Education
The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
by Michael Murray, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno
Throughout the years, various governmental organizations have published dietary guidelines, but it has been the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that have become the most widely known.

Spirulina
by MedlinePlus
The term spirulina refers to a large number of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. Both Spirulina spp. and non- Spirulina spp. fall into the classification of cyanobacteria, and include: Aphanizomenon spp., Microcystis spp., Nostoc spp., and Spirulina

This Healthy Eating Pyramid Is Based On Science
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
by Walter C. Willett, M.D.
You deserve more accurate, less biased, and more helpful information than that found in the USDA Pyramid. I have tried to collect exactly that in the Healthy Eating Pyramid.

Sugar : Nonnutritive Sweeteners
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nonnutritive, or high-intensity, sweeteners satisfy America's sweet tooth without adding calories. Presently, manufacturers are using three such sweeteners to replace sugar in a variety of food and nonfood items such as mouthwashes and pill coatings.

Cholesterol 101
Cholesterol Down: Ten Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in Four Weeks - Without Prescription Drugs
by Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D., R.D., LDN
If you are one of the nearly 100 million Americans struggling with high cholesterol, then Dr. Janet Brill offers you a revolutionary new plan for taking control of your health-without the risks of statin drugs.

Animals to Us

There is an old English saying, 'Manners Makyth Man.' In fact, it is food that makyth man. For if we discount our basic physiology and anatomy, and those behaviors inherited through our genes, we truly are what we eat.

Nutrition: When Teens Take Over the Shopping Cart
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Now that her mother works an evening job in addition to her full-time day job, 18-year old Dionna Parker is the brains behind the family grocery shopping. Di?Onna makes more meals at home for herself than her mother does.

Taking the Fat Out of Food : Fat Rreplacers, Olestra
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fat replacers may be carbohydrate-, protein- or fat-based substances. The first to hit the market used carbohydrate as the main ingredient. Avicel, for example, is a cellulose gel introduced in the mid-1960s as a food stabilizer.

Using Food Labels to Prevent Heart Disease
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
For people who want to eat a heart-healthy diet, the new food label gives information on cholesterol, fats, and other nutrients in ways that are easier to understand and read.

Sodium and Other Nutrients Important to Blood Pressure
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The new food label is making it easier for people with high blood pressure - among others - to accurately limit their intake of sodium. The label can also help those with hypertension find foods with other nutrients that may help control the condition.

The Mindless Margin
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
by Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you're eating, what you're eating-or why you're even eating at all. Does food with a brand name really taste better?

Women and Nutrition : Fat, Fiber
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In the United States, out of every 100,000 women, approximately 27 die from breast cancer each year. In Japan, breast cancer deaths are fewer than 7 per 100,000. Some scientists think that the difference in death rates may be related to the different

Eating Out: Nutrition Information
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
These days, restaurants have a lot more to offer consumers concerned about calories and cholesterol, fat, and other nutrients that may help reduce their risk of certain diseases. Menus now may carry items ranging from low-fat, low-calorie tostados to full

Shark Cartilage
by MedlinePlus
Shark cartilage is one of the most popular supplements in the United States, with over 40 brand name products sold in 1995 alone. Primarily used for cancer, its use became popular in the 1980s after several poor-quality studies reported miracle cancer

Genetic Engineering: The Future of Foods?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Genetically engineered foods are produced from crops whose genetic makeup has been altered through a process called recombinant DNA, or gene splicing, to give the plant a desirable trait. Genetically engineered foods are also known as biotech, bioengineer

Food Label: Coping With Diabetes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People with diabetes benefit from the larger type and more detailed nutritional information now on the food label. For people with diabetes, easily readable labeling information is vital because diet is important in managing diabetes.

Healthy Eeating : Food Portions
by National Institute of Health
Controlling your weight calls for more than just choosing a healthy variety of foods. It also calls for looking at how much and how often you eat. This brochure shows you how to use serving sizes to help you eat just enough for you.

Good Nutrition Tips for Older Adults
by National Institute on Aging
Choose many different healthy foods. Pick those that are lower in cholesterol and fat, especially saturated fat (mostly in foods that come from animals) and trans fatty acids (found in some processed foods, margarines, and shortenings).

Yogurt: The Curds and Whey to Health?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Many health claims have been made for yogurt over the years. Though scientific questions remain about most of these claims, new information hints that some of them might be true. Yogurt is an ancient food, but it remained relatively obscure

Weight-loss and Nutrition Common Myths
by National Institute of Health
Myth: Fad diets work for permanent weight loss. Fact: Fad diets are not the best way to lose weight and keep it off. Fad diets often promise quick weight loss or tell you to cut certain foods out of your diet.