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Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds
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.
www.naturalhub.com
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.
www.naturalhub.com
Information on soy, soy products, and legumes. Nutrient charts for common legumes, discussion of allergies, phytochemicals, and protective effects.
www.soyinfo.com
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.
www.naturalhub.com
Food Additives and Ingredients Association
Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
www.faia.org.uk
Information from the University of Wisconsin detailing research papers on this subject. A PDF file of research summaries is available for download.
www.wisc.edu
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.
www.luteininfo.com
Fat profile, studies on the effect of pecans and other nuts on blood profiles. From the National Pecan Shellers Association, USA
www.ilovepecans.org
Summaries of the latest research on the health benefits of the omega-3 contentof fish oils.
www.pinc.com
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.
www.caloriecountercharts.com
Fish Oils in Health and Disease
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.
www.oilofpisces.com
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.
www.enc-online.org
A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
www.lycopene.org
Advocates the use of whey proteins in nutrition. Describes nutrition facts and functions complete proteins have in diet.
www.wheyoflife.org
Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future?
Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
ohioline.osu.edu