Nutrition and Health Information on the Web

Listed below are best sites for finding nutrition information:

WebMD

With more than 20 million visitors every month, WebMD Health is the leading consumer-focused healthcare information Web site. Their mission is to be the most objective, credible and trusted source of consumer healthcare information that helps people play an active role in managing their own health. At WebMD Health, consumers can access health and wellness news, support communities, interactive health management tools and more. Their online communities and special events allow consumers to participate in real-time discussions with experts and with other people who share similar health conditions or concerns.

Rated the best all around site by the Nutrition Action Health Letter from the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

USDA Nutrition Data Laboratory

The mission of the NDL is to develop authoritative food composition databases and state of the art methods to acquire, evaluate, compile and disseminate composition data on foods available in the United States.

The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) is one of seven units in the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). NDL and its predecessor organizations in USDA have been compiling and developing food composition databases for over a century. NDL has an interdisciplinary staff composed of nutritionists, dietitians, food technologists, and computer specialists.

An example of their publications available online is Nutritive Value of Foods, Home and Garden Bulletin 72 (HG-72) Published in 2002, HG-72 contains data on over 1,274 foods expressed in terms of common household units.

PubMed

World's largest database of published medical research. The consumer health link takes you to MEDLINEplus, a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date.