Links to Web Sites Dealing With Nutrition

Good nutrition is a significant factor not only in athletic performance but more importantly in general health. Unfortunately, there is a lot of inaccurate and faddish information at large with regards to nutrition. The links below are meant to provide pointers to excellent on-line resources dealing with nutrition. It was compiled by Dr. Bill Pierce (an old college friend of mine) who is at the Dept. of Exercise and Health Sciences at Furman University. He found these links and wrote much of the descriptions; I have reviewed the sites, added a few comments here and there, and organized the sites according to type. Bon Appetite and Eat Smart!!

Please note that Prof. Pierce's well-maintained website contains many (numerous might be a better term) links relating to exercise physiology, social issues and sports, and to particular sports (for example running). It is an excellent starting place for anyone interested in learning more about exercise science, training, and nutrition.

General Resources

• Healthfinder does a nice job of organizing the often-confusing mass of health and nutrition information from federal and state agencies.
• Mayo Health Oasis is a site that features good nutrition information in a fun, user-friendly format. Bookmark this site as a source of nutrition advice that you can trust. There are also occasional articles dealing with avoidance and repair or sports injuries.
• American Dietetic Association hosts a site with food and nutrition information provided in a responsible, in-depth and accurate manner from a professional association of dietitians, educators, researchers and food-service managers.
• US General Services Organization has access to hundreds of educational materials inclluding many on health, food and nutrition, all of which have been published and reviewed by government agencies.
• Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy which is a site containing many links to other nutrition sites.

Diets, Menus, and Recipes

• My Menus provides scores of recipes that can be sorted by type, ingredient, nutrient content or special dietary needs. Make My Menus your menus.
• CyberDiet is written by Timi Gustafson, R.D., and Cynthia Fink. Gustafson, a registered dietitian, has put together an oasis of sane, fun and well-presented nutrition information. Lots of interactive stuff make this a lively site.
• Vegetarian Resource Group is a site with substantive, well-organized and balanced material providing news, recipes, nutrition information, links and ideas for those interested in eating a vegetarian diet. There are plenty of mouthwatering recipes available at this site -- watch out, Helmut Kohl!

Food Safety

• FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition provides access to many government resources on nutrition and especially on food safety. There is also information on other consumer safety issues and on testing for product safety. The best way to use the FDA site, because of its sheer size, is to approach it with a specific topic in mind.
• North Carolina Food Safety Information Retrieval System has comprehensive facts on all facets of food safety, organized in a user-friendly way by food category. "Hot Topics" discusses pesticides and additives.
• Iowa State Food Safety Project sponsored by Iowa State University Extension has made food safety education a priority, providing information and resources useful to consumers.

Page last updated Feb 12, 2003

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