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Nutrition & Diet Links

• 4Girls Health - Health information for girls from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

• Alpha Nutrition's Nutrition Center

• American Heart Association Statement on High-Protein, Low-Carbohydrate Diets

• Are Detox Diets Safe?

• Basic Food and Nutrition Education Program - Washington State Department of Health.

• Building a Better Diet (MayoClinic.com)

• Calcium Calculator

• The Diet Channel - "Weight Loss, Diet Analysis, Nutrition Info and More."

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans - USDA.

• Eat Healthy (Nutrition page on MamasHealth.com)

• The Facts About Weight Loss Products and Programs - U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

• Fast Food Nutrition Fact Explorer

• Fiber Facts: Soluble Fiber & Heart Disease - American Dietetic Association.

• Figuring Out Food Labels - KidsHealth.org

• Food for Thought: Carbohydrates & Fat - ABC Online (Australia)

• From A to Zinc - Chart highlighting several vitamins and minerals, their functions, food sources, and Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).

• Healthy Body Calculator - Ask the Dietitian

• Label Reading Tips: How to Find Hidden Sodium - Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation

• MedlinePlus: Food and Nutrition Topics

• MyPyramid.gov - Helps you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you (USDA).

• Nutrition Analysis Tools and System - "Check what you eat every day."

• Nutrition Basics: Separate Fact From Fiction - UCLA

• Nutrition and Teenagers - A page of links from New York Online Access to Health (NOAH).

• Nutrition Fact Sheets - American Dietetic Association.

• Nutritive Value of Foods - This is a PDF version of the 103 page booklet by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

• Quick-Weight-Loss or Fad Diets - American Heart Association

• Sodium Content of Selected Foods - Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation

• Vegetarianism: More Than Just Eating Veggies (UCLA)