Choosing the most nutritious food on Earth.
What nutrients do you need to stay healthy? What happens if you don't eat right? No matter where you live on the planet, the answers to these questions are basically the same (if you're human). Here you can find out about the vitamins, minerals and macronutrients humans need. Or, learn about phytonutrients, those almost magical chemicals found in plants that may help prevent many diseases.
New on this site! Celiac disease affects about 1% of the American population. That is in the range of 3 million Americans. It is found in greater or lesser degrees in populations all over the world. Many people are undiagnosed because there is such a huge range of symptoms. Read more about this at Food Sensitivity.
Basic nutrients
See your daily requirements for vitamins and minerals
Fat Soluble Vitamins
Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
Water Soluble Vitamins
Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Pyridoxine (B6), Cobalamin (B12), Biotin, Pantothenic Acid (B5), Folic Acid,
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Elements
Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Iodine, Selenium, Sodium, Manganese, Potassium, Copper, Chromium,
Fluoride, Molybdenum
Macronutrients
Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat and Cholesterol
Other stuff that you need
Fiber, Water
Phytonutrients
Chemicals found in plants that can protect against or prevent certain diseases. There are about 900 or so of these - and that's just
the ones that have already been discovered.
More nutritional resources
- Health, Wellness and Nutrition website directory
- Whole Food Business Information
- Shop-vitamin brings healthy to your life with vitamin. Love it!
- The Wheat Grass Grower is a private residential micro eco-farm that offers high quality wheat grass.
- Local Food Advisor is UK's #1 local food website.
- Meatless Monday: One day a week cut out meat.
- Spirulina is high in chlorophyll and a good source of protein.
- Find out more about chlorophyll.
- Proactol
Visit my blog, Eating well on the Planet Earth.
Nutritional Diseases
Diabetes
Diseases of Malnutrition are scurvy, rickets, beriberi, pellagra, protein-energy malnutrition (kwashiorkor and marasmus).
Food sensitivities include gluten intolerance (celiac disease), lactose intolerance, and food allergies.
Diet and weight control
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Nineteen ways to lower your food bills, and still eat a healthy diet.
The Blue Marble: Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. This photo is of Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula as taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans on December 7, 1972. The flight marked the last time that humans left low Earth orbit and the first and only time a geologist, Harrison Schmitt, travelled to the moon.
Background pattern is by Citrus Moon
The information on this page is not meant to be used in treatment of medical conditions. Please seek the advice of a physician about any medical condition or symptom. Those with medical conditions should consult a medical professional about the appropriateness of taking dietary supplements or diet therapy, and how these methods will interact with their medications.
Sources for information found on these pages include:
- Growing and Using the Healing Herbs by Gaea and Shandor Weiss, Rodale Press, 1985
- Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University
- National Institute of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
- US Department of Agriculture
- Food Values of Portions Commonly Used by Bowes and Church, J.B.Lippincott Company, 1984
- US Food and Drug Administration
- The International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
- Origins of Elemental Names
- The American Heart Association
- Phytochemicals