Iron, zinc and other minerals

• General Malnutrition
• Vitamin B12
• Folate
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E and antioxidant issues
• Calcium
• Iron
• Other minerals
• Fatty acids
• Misc.and combinations of nutrients

• Supplement and fortification issues

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Pick of the crop The Calcium Information Resource From SmithKline Beecham, this site has a slant towards calcium supplementation, but also contains some useful information on calcium. There is some lay material on the importance of calcium, and a health professionals section with plain text papers on topics such as calcium and: vitamin D, aciditiy and absorption, side-effects and toxicity, lead, kidney stones etc. The site also features a calcium intake calculator, which enables you to estimate your daily average calcium intake and compare it with recommended levels.

Calcium RDI: an illustration of adequate Chinese diet

From the paediatric growth study in Hong Kong, pictures of dishes and food quantities that provide the RDI.

 

Mechanisms of Transcellular Calcium Absorption in the Small Intestine

Student project from Minnesota University course, this is a brief but well researched and referenced paper on the subject.

Teenage calcium website

From Texas Agricultural Service Extension Food/Nutrition Unit, a fun interactive website on calcium, food sources and osteoporosis, using a audio and video based quiz (although it also caters to those without the requisite technology).

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Pick of the crop Zinc in clinical practice For the family physician - risk factors, symptoms of clinical deficiency, issues of diagnosis.

American Zinc Association

Some simple lay information on zinc in health, but not comprehensive.

International Zinc Association

Some lay nutrition information but mainly an industrial perspective.

Magnesium deficiency site

Not clear who the author is, but this site contains a very large amount of material (and links to material) about how common magnesium deficiency is and its effects on heart disease, asthma, headaches etc. It appears to be designed for the lay public, although there are plenty of Medline references as well, together with a degree of proselytising zeal.

Hypomagnesemia: medical notes

Brief lecture style notes from a commercial medical information company Dynamed, for which you have to register and pay for access to their full information data base.

International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency

A kind of home page for this WHO affiliated group which works world wide on the elimination of iodine deficiency. The site has press releases, links, bibliography and version in Spanish and French. There is another site for this organisation at: Univ.of Virginia

Iodine Deficiency Disorders: Micronutrient Initiative

Various documents, reports, links and research related to iodine defieciency.

Phosphorus

Short article within renal dietetics site.

Selenium supplementation and cancer prevention

Summary of a JAMA paper and the discussion that it raised in a family physician journal club on-line. Interesting perspective using the Internet to review a research article.

Trace element: new RDIs

FDA ruling on new Reference Daily Intakes for vitamin K, selenium, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, and chloride.

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