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/
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
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/
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases:
Information about diseases caused by lack of nutrients, including
kwashiorkor, scurvy, cretinism, goiter and rickets.
http://www.geocities.com/cheeaungroup2001/
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
Action 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
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.html
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
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
