Smarter Nutrition (02)

Nutritional Information for Kids and Adults
The World Health Organization put out this collection of links on topics related to human health. Discussed are child growth and development, micronutrients, infant feeding, feto-maternal nutrition and low birth weight, dietary recommendations and nutritional requirements, malnutrition, obesity, senior citizen healthy eating and more. A section on HIV/AIDS is also included, as is one about household food security.

Nutrition to Prevent Osteoporosis
There are foods you can eat, besides milk and calcium supplements, which will help you, prevent and treat osteoporosis. The site says that dairy products, such as milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream are great calcium sources; along with dark leafy vegetables such as spinach, collard greens bok choy and broccoli; almonds, fish and calcium-fortified foods such as orange juice, cereal, breads, soy and tofu. It delves more into the importance of vitamins and minerals, with a background into what these vitamins and minerals do to fight osteoporosis.

Pam Rotella: Vegetarian Fun
This is the home page of Pam Rotella, a long-time vegetarian who wrote the book Vegan Vegetarian Cooking. This is her fun pages where she explores various topics than on her other site, veggiecooking.com. This site has an extensive nutritional and health section, featuring topics such as: bacterial mad cow theory, mercury poisoning, sickle cell anemia, curing cancer and AIDS, aspartame, MSG and other excitotoxins. Even includes a section with politics and scandals, and you can find some sample recipes from her cookbook, along with cooking tips and hints for vegetarians who are interested in nutrition.

The Nutrition Source from the Harvard School of Public Health
Launched in 2003, The Nutrition Source is a website maintained by the Department of Nutrition at Harvard to provide timely, evidence-based information to promote healthy eating by getting people started down the path to the healthiest diet possible. There's a What Should I Eat section with ten key tips for eating right, with recommendations concerning carbohydrates, protein, fats, fiber, vegetables and fruits, calcium and milk, healthy drinks. lower salt and sodium, alcohol and vitamins. It also provides a chart and information about a food pyramid and plate based on the latest science: the Healthy Eating Pyramid created by the Department of Nutrition at Harvard. And there's lot s of other information in the forms of news, Q&As, nutrition books by the faculty, an A to Z guide on nutrition, recipes, and guides on healthy weight and staying active.