Mick’s Picks:
Nutrition
Food Safety
- Fight BAC!® – Partnership
for Food Safety Education
This site is sponsored by the Partnership for Food Safety Education is an ambitious public-private partnership created to reduce the incidence of foodborne illness by educating Americans about safe food handling practices. Fight BAC!® seasonal toolbox provides a number of resources to help you—food safety professionals, organizations, coalitions, community groups, etc.—implement effective outreach programs. The educational materials include: feature articles, poultry safety, food safety fact sheets and brochures, media-ready materials such as news releases, TV and radio promotion ideas, graphics and resources store. - Food,
Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS)
The Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) ensures access to nutritious, healthful diets for all Americans. Through food assistance and nutrition education for consumers, FNCS encourages consumers to make healthful food choices. - Safefood.org – The
Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
This web site sponsored by GMA safe food web site gives the consumer an opportunity to find the latest information on safe food handling and have questions answered regarding safe meal preparation and safe food handling. - www.FoodSafety.gov – Gateway
to Government Food Safety Information
FoodSafety.gov is a gateway web site that provides links to selected government food safety-related information.
Internet Resources
- American Dietetic Association
(ADA)
The American Dietetic Association, the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. This web site has resources for consumers, professionals, and can be searched for food and nutrition terms. - FoodFit.com
Former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Ellen Haas, is now the CEO and president of this web site FoodFit.com. Her advisory board has top chefs, nutritionists and fitness experts. With the challenges to healthful nutrition and lifestyles, this web site provides the tools—recipes, food preparation shortcuts, tips, news, information, products—to empower you to put nutritious, convenient, delicious meals on the table and otherwise energize your life. This credible, cutting edge information utilizing interactive techniques helps you look at your lifestyle, foods you eat and then customize your meal and exercise plan to meet your needs. - Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
Institute of Medicine is to advance to research and disseminate scientific knowledge to improve human health. Recent reports, research, news in medicine, upcoming events, links to related sites and more can be found on this web site. - International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
The IFIC Foundation is the educational arm of IFIC. IFIC's mission to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government officials and others providing information to consumers.
Nutrition Guides
- The American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS)
- Nutrition.org
– The Journal of Nutrition
View Current Issue, View Future Titles, Select an Issue From the Archive, Search for Articles - Arbor Nutrition Guide
This web site provided by Dr. Tony Helman as editor in chief, provides information on food, nutrition and health issues. Solid, factual information on research based information is provided through several avenues. A few of the resources include Extension Nutrition, USDA, journals such as the Journal of Nutrition, and numerous other resources. - Betty Crocker
This Betty Crocker web site provides information on meal planning and recipes. - Food and Nutrition
Information Center (FNIC) – Resource
Lists
List of food composition resources. - Martindale’s,
The “Virtual” Nutrition Center
This web site features food science, food management, 1,000’s of recipes, cooking and food safety information. World daily reports, travel warnings and immunization, nutrition and health sciences conferences, nutrition journals, literature and patent searches, nutrition, food and health dictionaries and online calculators are also featured here. - The
National Academies
Congress created the National Academy of Sciences to advise the government in scientific and technical matters in 1863. Information about agriculture, behavioral and social sciences, biology, health, medicine and much more is found here. - NuConnexions.com – Sites
for Special Health and Dietary Needs
This web site provides research-based information about nutritional needs during special conditions. - Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines
for Americans
Dietary Guidelines for Americans. - Nutrition
You Can Live With!
This web site sponsored by Kathrynne Holden, RD, provides information on eating well and staying well for persons with Parkinson's Disease.
National Resources
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDA
Talk Paper: Impurities Confirmed in Dietary Supplement 5-Hydroxy-L-Trypotophan
This web site is a Food and Drug Administration Talk Paper dated August, 1998. - Center for Science
In The Public Interest (CSPI)
The web site for CSPI, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply and on alcohol policy. CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; it represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and it works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public’s good.- Nutrition Action Healthletter – Information about the most current food, nutrition, food safety, food additives, new food products and safety issues.
- Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases – Agricultural
Research Service
This web site provided by the Agricultural Research Service is a searchable database. - FirstGov
for Seniors
This web site is focusing on the agencies in the federal government that provide information that would be of interest to seniors in America. - Food and Consumer Service
This is the United States Department’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences home page. - Foodandhealth.communications
Food & Health Communications is a private publisher that is dedicated to creating fun, engaging nutrition education materials for professionals and their clients.- Continuing Professional Education Courses – Stay current on diet and disease issues right from your computer! All courses are approved for CE credit for members of ADA (RDs and DTRs), AAFCS, and DMA.
- Institute of Food Technologists
(IFT) – The Society for Food Science and Technology
The Institute of Food Technologists publishes news, articles, and other information such as publications and food science news of interest to food scientists, food technologists, and personnel in related fields. Keep up with new food technological advances and find answers to your food and nutrition inquiries here. - National Association of Nutrition
and Aging Services Programs (NANASP)
Announcements, Conference News, Legislative Issues. - Nutrition
Education Services/Oregon Dairy Council
This web site provides the Nutrition Education Services of the Oregon Dairy Council. - Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for
Americans
This web site provides Dietary Guidelines for Americans. - Quackwatch
A web site maintained by Dr. Stephen Barrett, M.D. to counteract health fraud, quackery and help consumers to make intelligent decisions. - Society for Nutrition Education (SNE)
This web site belongs to the Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) an organization which represents the unique professional interests of nutrition educators in the United States and worldwide. SNE promotes healthy, sustainable food choices and has a vision of healthy people in healthy communities. It provides forums for sharing innovative strategies for nutrition education, expressing a range of views on important issues, and disseminating research findings. Information on membership, various divisions of membership, journals, annual meeting and other information is found here. Members of SNE educate individuals, families, fellow professionals, and students, and influence policy makers about nutrition, food, and health. - Talksoy.com
This web site provides information about the United Soybean Board (USB), soybean information, products, recipes and soy human health. - U.S. National Agricultural Library (NAL)
- Nutrient
Data Laboratory – Food Composition Data
This is the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service’s nutrient database and food composition data web site. - Report
of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
This web site provides detailed reporting on the Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture. There are links to each "part" of the total report.
- Nutrient
Data Laboratory – Food Composition Data
University Resources
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
The American Association of University Women is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. - Colorado State University©, University
Cooperative Extension
Cooperative Extension connects you to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university. They are part of a nationwide educational network of scientists and educators who help people solve problems and put knowledge to use. Several disaster related food/ nutrition/ health publications can be accessed from this Cooperative Extension web site. - Cornell
Cooperative Extension - Food and Nutrition
This is the web site of Cornell Cooperative Extension Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology. - Florida International University – National Policy & Resource
Center on Nutrition & Aging
This web site provides nutrition information for the elderly. - Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
Navigate the home page for the Georgia Cooperative Extension website for foods and nutrition information as well as family and consumer sciences resources. - Georgia Cooperative Extension – National
Center for Food Preservation
National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation. - Iowa State
University, University Extension – Food Safety Project
This web site sponsored by the Iowa State University, University Extension provides information on food safety for consumers. Information on HACCP and food laws, food safety lessons, and Ten Steps to a Safe Kitchen are a few of the topics discussed. - Oregon State University,
Extension and Experiment Station – Communications
Oregon State University’s searchable site on gardening, food, natural resources and more. - Purdue
Extension, Consumer and Family Sciences, Foods and Nutrition –
Resources
Foods and Nutrition Resources from the School of Consumer and Family Sciences, Purdue University Cooperative Extension. - The
University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension – Maricopa County
Family and Consumer Sciences in Maricopa County. Maricopa County Cooperative Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, Food Safety, Health. This web site contains extensive information for the consumer about food safety, processing, sanitation, etc. - University of Guelph – Department
of Food Science
This web site is sponsored by the Food Science Department at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. - University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Illinois Extension – Consumer and Family Economics (CFE)
- Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences – This Cooperative Extension web site provides timely research-based educational information to help people make informed consumer decisions. Featured are the Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences programs which include a broad range of topics in human and family development, consumer economics, nutrition, and health. These programs also serve to address the critical needs of and pressures upon families.
- University of Iowa,
Hardin MD – Nutrition
This web site is a comprehensive listing of other web links that provide information on food, nutrition and health issues. - University of Missouri
Outreach & Extension – Food Preservation –
Resource Network, Hotline Directory
Food Preservation Resource Network.- University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Human Environmental Sciences, Human Sciences Outreach – Nutritional Sciences – This Human Environmental Science web site helping consumers of all ages improve their health and quality of life by selecting nutritious foods and adopting healthy habits. It provides numerous web site links to all aspects of healthy life choices.
- University of Missouri
– Family Nutrition Education Programs (FNEP)
FNEP is nutrition education for you and your family - University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension in Lancaster County, FOOD
– Safety, Nutrition, Preparation
The University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension provides extensive information on nutrition, safety and preparation of foods.- Food Reflections – An online newsletter about food, nutrition and food safety for consumers.
- University of Washington, School
of Public Health and Community Medicine –
Department of Heath Services
This site is maintained by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine - Department of Health Services.
