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.
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/797_salt.htmlAction 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.
http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_Pub_Interface/ActionGd_Web/Actiongd.html
Binge Eating Disorder
Diagnosis and treatment of binge eating disorder.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Bingeeating.html
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.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/agentinfo/
Glossary of Food-Related Terms
All food related terms, as well as diseases and disorders. Alphabet bar for easy searching.
http://www.ific.org/glossary/
Involuntary Weight Loss
An online information resource for sufferers of IWL, a serious health problem associated with a wide range of medical conditions, such as HIV, cancer, burns, non-healing wounds, COPD and trauma. From Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
http://www.involuntaryweightloss.com
McVitamins
Discusses the controversy over corn syrup contributing to the increase in the number of overweight people.
http://www.mcvitamins.com/cornsyrup.htm
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.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-medfd.html
MetabolicDisruptors.com
News on refined sugar, corn syrup, sodium nitrite, hydrogenated oils and other disease-causing foods and ingredients. Includes articles, news and online resources.
http://www.metabolicdisruptors.com
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.
http://www.spotlighthealth.com/morbid_obesity/mo/mo.htm
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/mucopolysaccharidoses.htm
Princess Margaret Nucleotide Metabolism Centre
Research into Purine disorders including gout, self-biting, Lesch-Nyhan Disease.
http://www.pmnc.org/
Specialty Diets, Inc.
ForMyDiet.com provides information, peer communication, specialty diets products, tools, and services to assist and support the management of medical diets such as Juvenile Diabetes and metabolic disorders.
http://www.formydiet.com
Statement on Sodium Intake and High Blood Pressure
NIH News Release: An article about hypertension prevention and management and the intake of sodium.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/17-1998.htm
Suf1 - Hyperinsulinism
A parent built site for parents with children with PHHI. Find personel stories and links.
http://www.sur1.org
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.
http://www.dotpharmacy.co.uk/upneutra.html
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