Nutritional Value of Food

This booklet has everything you need to know on nutrition and weight loss, including hints on substituting healthier foods based on their nutritional values.

How does the nutritional value of the foods you eat stack up to the food pyramid? The simple animation is a great place to start.

This super food calculator lets you determine the best sources of particular vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.

Although it might take a while to learn how to search more efficiently, this tool gives the nutritional value of over 13,000 commonly eaten foods in the US.

Get the nutritional value of everything, from beverages to packaged meals to fast food, with this database. Don't forget to select a brand on the search tool for even more information.

The nutritional value of food is somewhere on the packaging, but what do those numbers mean? Find out with this overview. Click the link on the bottom of the page for an educational video.

Still don't understand how to read labels, or was that last page a little dry? Test your knowledge and learn how to find out the nutritional value of food with this interactive tutorial.

Free registration gets you access to even more tools. This great web site includes the nutritional value of fast food, a nutrient search tool and a food category explorer.

This great resource addresses diets for specific conditions and where to find certain nutrients. Check out the articles in the tabs labeled FAQ and Editor's Picks for more great info.

A somewhat subjective list of the ten best and worst foods. Even the worst foods can be eaten occasionally in an otherwise healthy, well-balanced diet.

Are you drinking a significant portion of you daily calories? Lose weight and eat more food by familiarizing yourself with the nutrional value of drinks.

Known to people with diabetes, the glycemic index (GI) is a way of determining a food's effect on blood sugar, insulin and satiety. Check it out here.

Click on any one of these nutrient-dense foods to learn why it's so good for you and how to incorporate it into your diet. Great advice, but not all proclaimed benefits are supported by research.