Healthy Eating

By Claire Cameron
Mar 26, 2024

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Food Guides

US dietary guidelines | https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/resources/2020-2025-dietary-guidelines-online-materials

Canadian dietary guidelines | https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/

Websites

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | https://www.eatright.org
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Today, the Academy represents more than 100,000 credentialed practitioners and is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.

American Cancer Society | https://www.cancer.org/cancer/survivorship/coping/nutrition/benefits.html

American Heart Association | https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating

American Diabetes Association | https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition
- Create My Plate. https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition/eating-healthy

Center for Science in the Public Interest | https://www.cspinet.org

Food and Nutrition Information Center | https://www.nal.usda.gov/programs/fnic

Harvard School of Public Health | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

International Food Information Council Foundation | https://www.foodinsight.org

Mayo Clinic | Nutrition and Healthy Eating https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/basics/nutrition-basics/hlv-20049477

University Health News | https://universityhealthnews.com/health-publications/

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | Online nutrition tools https://www.nutrition.gov/topics/basic-nutrition/online-tools

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | “Heart Healthy Home Cooking, African American Style” https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/cooking.pdf

U.S. Food and Drug Administration | ChooseMyPlate.gov https://www.myplate.gov/

Veterans Administration Caregiver Support | https://www.caregiver.va.gov/
- Nutrition and Health information https://www.nutrition.va.gov/

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | DASH Eating Plan https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/dash-eating-plan

Nutrition.gov | https://www.nutrition.gov/
Sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, the website features information about basic nutrition, diets for various health conditions, dietary supplements, food assistance programs and more.

The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/well/eat/yogurt-kimchi-kombucha-microbiome.html
How Fermented Foods May Alter Your Microbiome and Improve Your Health: Foods like yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha increased the diversity of gut microbes and led to lower levels of inflammation.