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Nutrition and Diet (cont.)

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Web Links

Dietary Guidelines for Americans
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/

Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/

Food Label
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/label.html

DRI for Vitamins
http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/7/296/
webtablevitamins.pdf

Vitamin A
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
factsheets/vitamina.asp

Vitamin D
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
factsheets/vitamind.asp

Vitamin E
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
factsheets/vitamine.asp

Folate
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
factsheets/folate.asp

Vitamin B12
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminb12.asp

Calcium
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/calcium.asp

Magnesium
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp

Iron
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/iron.asp

Zinc
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/cc/zinc.html

Chromium
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/chromium.asp

Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/
index.php?info_center=4andtax_level=2andtax_subject=256andtopic_id=1342

Author and Editor

Author: Betty Kovacs, MS, RD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com


Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2008

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