Anthropology P380: Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition
Links to Internet Resources related to course topics
Government Nutrition Information:
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, US Department of Agriculture
- Lookup detailed Food Composition online with the USDA Nutrient Database online
- Interactive Food Guide Pyramid from USDA
- Current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, from USDA
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) online info
Other sources of nutrition information:
- Online notes for an Introductory Nutrition course from Penn State University (great animated graphics of molecular structure of carbohydrates, for instance!)
- Food Science and Nutrition sites
- International Food Information Council
- Vegetarian Pages
- Native American Traditional Food, Health and Nutrition
Topical Diet-related sources:
- The Paleolithic Diet page, created by Don Wiss
- Archives of the Paleodiet Discussion group, an interesting mix of insightful questions and comments by amateurs and professionals about the history of human diet
- An article about paleolithic nutrition written by Jack Challem, published online by Nutrition Science News
- An extensive online interview with Ward Nicholson discussing the implications of paleodietary research for modern human diet
- A collection of online resources on milk digestion and the lactose intolerance
- NIH page on lactose intolerance
- Scott Adam's page on gluten intolerance (a.k.a. "celiac disease")
Fun food stuff:
- Foodwine.com (includes Electronic Gourmet Guide e-zine on food and cooking, recipes, articles, and links to restaurants, etc)
- Godiva chocolate (online store + more)
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