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Nutrition Resources |
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NutritionData.com
This is an extremely informative site to arm yourself with nutritional information, you can research, compare and save your findings…whether you’re looking to lose weight, gain weight or optimize your health.
Give this widget a try…it gives amazingly extensive information on foods, including:
Nutrition Facts Label
Nutritional Target Map
Caloric Ratio
Glycemic Load
Inflammation Factor
Nutrient Balance
Protein Quality
and more...
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Environmental Working Group (EWG |
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Environmental Working Group (EWG)
www.ewg.org
Their purpose is to use the power of public information to protect our health and the environment...and they do an incredible job, their site is a wealth of information...plus, these extremely helpful sites are under their umbrella:
- Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce
http://www.foodnews.org/
This site helps you make smarter decisions when buying produce, download the guide to the 12 foods with the most and the least pesticides.
- Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database
www.cosmeticsdatabase.com
You have to take a look at this safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products pairing ingredients in nearly 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind.
It's worth it for all of us to support this group in any way we can!
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Finding the best food |
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True Food Shopping List
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/true-food-shopping-list
This GreenpeaceUSA site offers lists of foods (by type) that are free from geneticaly engineered ingredients as well as some that aren't....and several tips on becoming a knowledgeable consumer.
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Local Harvest
http://www.localharvest.org/
The best organic foods are grown locally, this site is a wonderful tool to find farms and co-ops in your area...as well as recipes and restaurants.
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Other Links:
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Do you have information that you'd like to share? Just send me the info and I may use it...just make sure you credit your sources.
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urban legends
www.snopes.com
This reference site can be a great resource for checking to see if that email warning that you got has any credibility. From computer bugs to medical, food, politics, and just about anything else you can think of.
But, as with anything else, if a rumor comes from many sources, it may have some truth to it.
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