CNN Food Central - Resources: Vitamins & Minerals - Includes best sources, functions, and deficiency symptoms.
Centrum Center for Vitamin and Mineral Information - Provides RDI's, sources, functions, problems related to deficiencies.
Nutrient Information - this site from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences provides "Information on food sources, diet recommendations, deficiencies, toxicity, clinical uses, recent research and references for further information is provided for the micro- and macronutrients listed." Highly scientific and technical. Use this if you need more information than the first two sites provide.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating - This site from Health Canada provides links to useful information.
Image Search
Use Google Image search to locate pictures of deficiency diseases.
Recipes
***** Reports by Single Nutrients - Reports are sorted by nutrient content of selected foods in alphabetical order, or in descending order by nutrient content. Use this to find food rich in a particular nutrient; then you can search for recipes based on that food.
Meals for You: Thousands of Great Recipes - "Recipe Search looks through titles or ingredients to find the perfect dish for you." Has 8000+ recipes. Use the advanced search to locate recipes high in specific nutrients. You can also search for recipes with multiple ingredients.
The World's Healthiest Foods: Eating Healthy is one site that features a Recipe Assistant that can find recipes rich in particular nutrients.
You can also use a search engine such as Google to locate recipes. Type the word recipe and the list of ingredients you want the recipe to include.
Other Resources
Go to the Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre, World Book or Grolier Online, to print an article from one of the encyclopedias.
Nutrition Analysis Tool - The Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT) is a web based program that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for various nutrients.
Nutrition Toolbox - Database provides nutritional analyses for 40,000 foods. This tool will "automatically total up the calories and key nutrients of your foods so you can see how healthy your meal is." As you add foods, click on Your Total (see details) to get the complete analysis.
Formula for Life - analyse your diet - "How healthy is your diet? Formula for Life’s Diet Analysis tool checks whether what you eat is nutritionally balanced, and if it isn’t, offers simple solutions based on healthy eating." To use it, click on "Start Analysis Now"
USDA - CNPP - The Interactive Healthy Eating Index - "The Interactive Healthy Eating Index (IHEI) is an online dietary assessment tool that provides information on your diet quality, related nutrition messages and links to nutrient information." Enter foods and get an analysis of your nutrient intake. Requires you to create a free account.
Eat Well Live Well - "This [Canadian] web site is designed to help you check out your food choices, activity patterns, and healthy weight. It provides you with personalized feedback to help you achieve your healthy eating and active living goals and answers your nutrition questions."
 | Eating + Activity Tracker! - EATracker lets you track your day's food and activity choices and compares them to the guidelines laid out by Health Canada. Sign up using an email address for full access. |
Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods - This PDF file is produced by Health Canada.
USDA National Nutrient Database - Provides nutritional analyses for many foods.
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