Food Guides
Food Guides – Books, etc.
Popisil Edita. The Mediterranean diet: why is the Mediterranean diet so healthy? Effective prevention of myocardial infarction , Vigot, France, 2000.
A diet to regain fitness and health.
Willett WC et al . Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy – The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating , Simon & Schuster, USA, 2001.
Director of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard University School of Public Health, Dr. Willett presents its new food pyramid and lots of healthy recipes and menus.
Food Guides – Sites of Interest
Nutrition.gov
All about nutrition and health for Americans. To access the new Food Pyramid, click on MyPyramid.gov.
www.nutrition.gov
Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Official nutrition recommendations, updated 2007.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Harmonie Santé
A site dedicated to nutrition professionals and researchers, but also to the general public. Harmonie Santé offers a wealth of information, often alternative, and nutritional advice, as well as a fairly extensive recipe directory!
www.harmoniesante.com
Harvard School of Public Health
A comprehensive dossier on the essentials of healthy eating. There is the food pyramid developed by Dr. Willett’s team. The Fats & cholesterol section is particularly useful for getting to know the good and bad fats better.
www.hsph.harvard.edu
PNNS National Nutrition-Health Program of France
The PNNS provides a lot of information on nutrition and very useful points of reference.
www.sante.gouv.fr
Food guide of France – Health comes by eating
The official guide. Original, simple and adapted to 25 different life portraits. The Landmarks section is particularly user-friendly and provides tips that are easy to put into practice.
www.inpes.sante.fr
The olive oil website
All about olive oil: history, manufacturing processes, producing countries and applications in the therapeutic, cosmetic and culinary fields.
www.info-huiledolive.net
Mediterranean diet and diabetes
A team of experts presents a historical dossier on the characteristics and effects of the Mediterranean diet on the health of several populations in Europe and the United States.
http://euxin.fltr.ucl.ac.be
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