Sports Nutrition web sites we think are worthwhile

Sports Nutrition

• Sports Nutrition - Advice on sports nutrition from the sports nutrition practice group of the American Dietetics Association
• American College of Sports Medicine - physical activity professional group
• NCAA Nutrition and Performance - nutrition for college athletes
• ESPN - basic nutrition and trends in athletes
• Gatorade Sports Science Institute - athletes information, seasonal information
• National Center for Drug Free Sports - Sports nutrition, supplements, drugs
• NCAA - Drug testing and education
• US Antidoping - Regulations for olympic athletes (USOC)

General Nutrition

• American Institute for Cancer Research - New American Plate
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - health information
• Consumer Reports - general information, special alerts
• Menus, no monotony - menus
• More menu ideas - more menu ideas
• Dairy producers - Promotional, fun with milk mustache, good links
• Microsoft health and nutrition - General nutrition, general health
• American Dietetics Assoc. - nutrition professional group
• USDA Food and Nutrition Info Center - homepage, great links to other resources
• NIH Office of Dietary Supplements - search on any supplement including herbals
• Independent consumer lab information - another place to search on supplements, may include product quality, be careful as some info costs money
• WebMD - general good health, answer questions, good links

Eating Strategies and Food Facts

• American Heart Assoc. - balanced diet, current recommendations
• USDA Food and Nutrition Info Center - Food Guide Pyramid
• USDA Food Database - Food item calorie and nutrient content
• USDA dietary guidelines - Dietary Guidelines
• Food facts - Fast Food facts
• Wendy's International - Fast Food facts, build a meal
• McDonald's - Fast Food facts
• Kroger - Healthy Living

Special Needs

• American Diabetes Assoc. - special needs good educational material
• American Cancer Society - usually has few good links to new findings
• Eating disorders - website dedicated to eating disorder education and prevention
• Local Eating Disorder Treatment - Center for Treatment of Eating Disorders, Columbus, OH
• Soy Protein Council - soy as an alternative protein source
• Soy producers - soy recipes and foods
• Vegetarian Diet Pyramid
• Vegetarians - Some of the info on this site is from pure vegans so be ready! Poetry included!