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Nutrition Websites are to help you make better and alternative decisions about your food choices.  You will be surprised to the amounts of sugar or carbohydrates hiden in the labels of foods.

Nutrition Basics

How to read and understand food labels

FDA Website on food labels

http://www.fda.gov/food/labelingnutrition/consumerinformation/ucm078889.htm

An interactive guide to reading food labels by the Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nutrition-facts/NU00293

A website created by SELF magazine to help with nutrition and all facets of dieting and food.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

Joy Bauer is the author of the “Idiots guide to Nutrition.”  She has a very good website on weight loss and how to eat healthy.

http://www.joybauer.com/

Nutrition.gov

http://www.nutrition.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=11&tax_level=1

Nutrition facts, calories in food, labels, nutritional information

http://nutritiondata.self.com/.

MyPyramid.gov – United States Department of Agriculture

http://www.mypyramid.gov/

Wonderful websites for portion control with visual aids

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/portion-control/NU00267

http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-portion-size-plate

Oregon State University-Linus Pauling Institute

Great website for learning about Micronutrient Information

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/contentnuts.html

Sites about Sugar

List of foods and their sugar content

http://www.sugarindia.com/popular.htm

Amazing facts about sugar

http://www.chewonthis.org.uk/fat_salt_sugar/sugar_facts.htm

Sugar Stacks

http://www.sugarstacks.com/

Test your knowledge of sugar in products

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/sugary-foods

Site about juices and sodas

http://www.hookedonjuice.com/

Awesome Site the most comprehensive data base of drinks and some foods from several different countries with their sugar and caffeine content.  They also have a sugar free drink listing (w/sweeteners/calories) and an stats on energy drinks!

http://www.energyfiend.com/

Calorie Counting sites

Wonderful sites to help count calories

http://caloriecount.about.com/

http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/

Associated with the calorie kings books this site is another interactive site for calorie counting.

You don’t have to join to use the counter.

http://www.calorieking.com/

Awesome website that gives you the “skinny” on your favorite fast foods and also has a calorie counter.

This site also has a “diet guide” which is very helpful.

http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food.php

http://www.acaloriecounter.com/diet-guide.php

Are familiar with those combo meals????  This site will give you all the nutritional value in your combo meal ( hamburger, fries, drinks)

http://www.chowbaby.com/fastfood/fast_food_calories.asp

http://www.calorie-counters.net/