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Health and nutrition resources and recipes.
Low Calorie Snack Suggestions
Helpful chart of low calorie snack suggestions with serving size and caloric content.
A to Z Recipes and Food
Find recipes and food information quickly by this keyword index. Choose the keyword that best suits your inquiry and click on the corresponding letter for the list. Good tool for browsing food and recipes.
Low-Fat Sausage Recipes
Watching your fat intake? Try some of these low-fat sausage recipes.
New Year's Resolution Diet
Tips, information, and recipes to help you change your eating habits and make that New Year's Resolution diet a successful reality.
The Skinny on Fats
Don't know your cholesterol from your monounsaturated fats or your triglycerides from your LDLs and HDLs? Never fear! Here's the skinny on fats and labeling, so you can pave a healthier path for your diet.
The Color of Food
Do you know what colors your food? Learn about color additives and also check out some interesting recipes, both edible and non-edible.
Healthy College Food
Is it possible to eat healthy while maintaining a hectic college schedule? Special Student Correspondent Christopher Roddy says yes, and tells how, from eating out to whipping up something in the room.
Nutrition
Informative articles on health and nutrition issues, plus recipes and more.
Healthy Kids' School Lunches
Why are kids becoming increasingly obese? About Guide to Pediatrics, Vincent Iannelli, M.D., shares his thoughts on the issue and gives tips on how to get your kids to eat a healthy lunch at school.
American Diabetes Association
Nutrition, fitness and exhange lists for diabetics.
American Heart Association
Tips on managing your weight, healthy diet and eating plans, and sample recipes from the American Heart Association.
Bag Lunches, Snacks & Desserts
Bag lunches, snacks and desserts within the recomended dietary guidelines for Americans from the USDA, including many tips and recipes.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
A controversial site which covers new products and often debates FDA approvals.
Diabetic Gourmet Magazine Recipes
Here's a nice collection of diabetic recipes from Diabetic Gourmet which includes nutritional and diet exchange information.
Drive-Thru Diet Calculator
Calculator to determine calories, fat, and other nutritional aspects of 7 fast-food restaurants from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
E.Coli Help Organization
Learn about the E.coli pathogen, how it gets into our food supply, what can be done about it, and what you can do today to protect your family.
Food Safety and Nutritional Info
Food Safety and Nutritional Info from International Food Information Council.
Fruit & Vegetable Nutrient Info
Nutritional information and trivia on fruits and vegetables in a fun format from Dole.
Good Health Recipes
Articles, tips, and recipes on eating a healthful lifestyle.
Guide to Food Additives
A comprehensive listing of many food additives and potential reactions, listed alphabetically. From CSPI.
Inteli-Health Nutrition Database
Inteli-Health has an interactive Nutrition Database which gives information from the USDA like you find on labels on commercial foods.
lifeclinic Healthy Cookbook
Healthy recipes plus nutrition information. You'll find a nice collection of recipes, each recipe on its own page with nutritional analysis and printer option.
USDA Nutrient Database
The USDA searchable nutrient database for nutritional information on thousands of foods.
USDA Food Pyramid
The Food Pyramid of recommended daily diets with explanatory links.

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