GENERAL NUTRITION INFORMATION
Glossary from USDA:
Interactive Nutrition Facts Label – Glossary
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Information includes daily tips to improve diet quality, resources for nutrition information, fact sheets on many nutrition-related topics, and a search engine to locate a dietitian. Nutrition information is also provided in Spanish.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aims to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans.
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://www.fda.gov/food/default.htm
- Comprehensive site with information on just about any topic related to food safety, nutrition and Governmental policies.
Nutrition.gov
- Comprehensive guide to providing resources on health management, lifecycle issues, food safety, food assistance programs, and research projects.
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- Provides information on nutrition policies and guidelines for professional and consumer use.
CONSUMER SITES
Center for Science in the Public Interest
- A consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being.
Consumer Labs
- Consumer Labs is a provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products.
FOOD TRACKING RESOURCES
My Fitness Pal
- An online tool to track your food intake. My Fitness Pal is also available as a free application for some smartphones.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/fnic/dri-calculator
- FNIC provides links to the Dietary Reference Intakes Tables (DRI’s), developed by the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board.
Healthy Eating Index
www.cnpp.usda.gov/healthyeatingindex.htm
- HEI provides a measure of diet quality that assesses conformance to federal dietary guidance.
FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION
Fight Bac
- Comprehensive site educating consumers about food safety.
Home Food Safety
https://www.eatright.org/food/home-food-safety
- Guidelines for practicing safe food handling in the home.
International Food Information Council
- Comprehensive nutrition and food safety resources.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
- The site provides news, hotlines, and information on food safety for the consumer
OTHER HELPFUL LINKS:
Miriam Webster Medical Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical
- This site provides accurate medical or scientific definitions for terms that may be difficult to understand.