Nutrition

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders  (307)
• Health: Nutrition: Dietitians and Nutritionists  (95)
• Health: Nutrition: Disease Prevention  (23)

CalorieKing.com - - A food database that gives grams of carbohydrate and other nutritional facts on over 13,000 generic and brand name foods, including fast foods.

Diabetes and Diet - - Provides information on several types of diabetes, including prevention, diet and exchanges, food plans, a glycemic index, and guidelines.

Diabetes Diet Support - - Learn how to manage this condition and choose proper foods. Includes recipes, facts, resources, and a discussion forum.

Diabetes Factor - - Features articles from newstarget.com on nutrition, health, prescriptions, sugar, and obesity.

Diabetes Information - - Articles and charts from the FDA regarding food and meal planning.

Diabetes Living: Nutrition - - Information and advice covering all aspects of diabetic meal planning, including recipes with food exchanges.

Diabetes Mellitus - - Physician site that discusses key nutritional supplements, auxiliary supporting nutrients, the anti-aging food pyramid, diet and exercise tips.

Diabetes: Nutrition Source - - Harvard School of Public Health and Nutrition Research covers information on fiber, fats, calcium, carbohydrates, eggs, nutritional pyramids, fruits, and vegetables.

Diabetes Planner - - An individual must sign up for a membership on this site to utilize the benefits they offer.

Fast Food Guide - - Contains tips for making educated choices within meal plans and lists nutritional information to a number of fast food restaurants. [PDF.

Keeping Well With Diabetes - - Self-paced, personalized home education and support program from NovoTrack. Provides news, facts, and tools for diabetes patients. In English and Spanish.

Nutrition & Recipes - - Learn about healthy food choices, cooking, desserts and sweeteners. Includes a guide to eating out, and how to read food labels. From the ADA.

Nutrition and Diabetes - - Provides a discussion on the importance of a healthy diet for any diabetic person.

Oats, Fiber and Diabetes - - Charts for food exchanges, carbohydrates, other nutritional values, and recipes. From Quakeroatmeal.com.

Fiber supplements may lower cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetics - - Fiber supplements lower "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and increase "good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in people with type 2 diabetes. (April 30, 2005)

Diabetes Care - - Commentary from the ADA on "Evidence Based Nutrition Principles and Recommendations for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes." (January, 2002)

NEJM Study Shows Fiber's Great Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes - - Suggests diabetics can lower their blood sugars significantly by increasing the amount of fiber in their diet beyond the levels currently recommended. (May, 2000)