Sites:
A Pinch of Controversy Shakes Up Dietary Salt: An article over the use of salt, a scientific look, regulating the intake, the bodies need for salt and reducing the intake.Action Guide for Healthy Eating: Quick and easy tips to improve you health on fats, fruits and vegetables and whole grains. A guide designed to make it easy to fit low-fat, high-fiber eating into busy schedules.
Binge Eating Disorder: Diagnosis and treatment of binge eating disorder.
Food Safety Information from NC State: Food Safety information and resources for consumers, educators, researchers and absolutely anyone that wants to know more about preventing foodborne illness. Foods are presented in categories for easy searching.
Glossary of Food-Related Terms: All food related terms, as well as diseases and disorders. Alphabet bar for easy searching.
Medical Foods: FDA/CFSAN Office of Special Nutritionals: Explaniation as to what these are, how the FDA over sees them and how to get more information.
Morbid Obesity: Obesity sometimes is viewed as the adverse outcome of inappropriate eating and the failure of self discipline on the part of those afflicted. Read information on Carnie Wilson and weight loss.
Mucopolysaccharidoses: Information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Statement on Sodium Intake and High Blood Pressure: NIH News Release: An article about hypertension prevention and management and the intake of sodium.
Update on Nutraceuticals: dot Pharmacy: Also referred to as functional foods. A definition and look at spreading fats, yoghurts and probiotics, cereal and grains, drinks, legal issues and government views.
