Diet & Nutrition

What you put into your body plays a huge part in your well-being. The following resources will help you to utilize this fact to its fullest. If your primary interest is losing weight, be sure to also check out our Weight Loss section.

Articles:

Welcome to FatWorld - Engage in an online game where you can explore the effects of diet and exercise on a virtual character you create.

Mediterranean Diet Beats Out Low Fat Diet For Healthy Hearts - A recent study, conducted by the University of Barcelona, found that the Mediterranean diet was better for your heart than a typical low-fat diet.

Studies to Tie Early Nutrition to Later Health - A massive research project funded by the European Union is currently trying to prove that poor nutrition in the womb and during the first few months of life can lead to a variety of diseases in adulthood...

How to Substitute Fat in Your Everyday Diet - Find a variety of ways to get bad fat out of your diet all day long.

High Fat Diets “Wire” You to Eat More - Fatty foods: so good, yet so evil. Apparently REAL evil, according to a recent Journal of Nutrition study.

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Books:

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating by Walter C. Willett, P. J. Skerrett

Nutrition for Dummies by Carol Ann Rinzler

The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children - From Birth through Adolescence by William Sears

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Software:

NutriGenie Mother of All Diets 7.0 - "Our nutrition software products have been licensed by health organizations, universities, physicians and individual users throughout the world. With users in over 50 countries, NutriGenie is undisputedly the world's leading nutrition software publisher."

Recipe Calc 4.0 - "Recipe Calc 4.0, lets you easily analyze your recipes, meals, or daily intake for nutritional value. It calculates calories, calories from fat, percent of calories from fat, fat grams, saturated fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, and protein."

Links:

Food and Nutrition Information Center - Part of the USDA, there is enough information covering nutrition and its effects to keep you busy for a long, long time. The best place to start: click on the Topics A-Z section.

The Art of Calm Recipe Collection - Mostly vegetarian based and with plenty of herbs, these recipes are some of our favorites.

EatRight.org - Another great resource on a great many aspects of nutrition from the "nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals."

Nutrition Navigator - Tufts University provides arguably the most accessible collection of nutritional information.

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See Also:

Weight Loss

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