DIETARY RESEARCH TOPICS                            ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Antioxidants                                                                             USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory    

Artificial sweeteners Sucralose & Aspartame             

Atkins diet                                                                               

B Vitamins                                                                               USDA National Agricultural Library 

Brain food                                                                                Check the Consumer Corner link, too

Calories                                                                                  

Cholesterol                                                                             

Complete proteins                                                                   Centers for Disease Control & Prevention          

Complex carbohydrates                                                                     

Creatine                                                                     

Diabetes type 1                                                                       MedLine Plus

Diabetes type 2                                                                                  

Diet and Blood Pressure

Dietary fiber                                                                             American Heart Association   

Effects of Caffeine                                                      

Electrolytes and human health

Environmental estrogens in foods/food packaging                 U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Essential amino acids                                                

Fasting                                                                                   

Fat soluble vitamins                                                                Every Diet (Encyclopedia)

Folic acid                                                                    

Gastric Bypass for Weight Loss                                                                     

Glycemic index                                                                        U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

High fructose corn syrup                                            

Hydration                                                        

Melamine Food Contamination                                               Consumer.gov:  Food

Olestra fat substitute                                                  

Omega 3 fatty acids                                                               

Omega 6 fatty acids                                                                Mayo Clinic

Phytochemicals in colorful foods                                            

Polyunsaturated fat                                                    

Pritikin diet                                                                              National Institutes of Health

Probiotics                                                                   

Salts and hypertension                                                                      

Saturated fat                                                                           PBS.org – Melamine

South Beach diet                                                        

Trans fat                                                                     

Triglycerides                                                              

Vitamin D - cholecalciferol                                                                  

Water soluble vitamins