Vitamins and minerals, clinical nutrition, vitamin and mineral supplements, zinc, vitamin C, vitamin A, antioxidants.

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NUTRIENTS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS

General nutrient information
Dietary Guidelines, food guides
RDI, DRV issues
Individual nutrients and deficiencies
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Supplement and fortification issues

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Web site offers information about the Office of Dietary Supplements and its programs and research, lay and health professional information on supplements and a data base of research evidence.
American Dietetic Association: position paper on vitamin and mineral supplementation: Position paper takes into account current supplementation practices in the US and the state of research into antioxidant supplements as at 1995. As might be expected from this body, the position is conservative regarding supplements, advocating diet as the primary means of correcting nutritional problems.
BASF Nutritional Newsletter: Quarterly newsletter on nutrition and health from this international vitamin manufacturer. the articles appear in full but plain text and although they cover a wide range of topics there is naturally some focus on the role of vitamins, food fortification etc.
The Role of Dietary Supplements for Physically Active People: Extensive (>700 refs) bibliography dated 1996 from NIH's Office of Dietary Supplements . It was prepared in support of the National Institutes of Health Technology Assessment Conference on the Role of Dietary Supplements for Physically Active People, held in Bethesda, Maryland, June 3-4, 1996.
Council for Responsible Nutrition: The Council is is "a trade association representing more than 80 companies in the nutritional supplements, ingredients and other nutritional supplements industry." Their site has information about themselves, news stories from the supplement industry and government regulation fronts, and latest findings from research (generally taking a strongly pro-supplement stance.)
The Dietary Supplement and Health Education: Technical explanation of the definition of a dietary supplement under US federal law and the regulatory environment which applies to it.
Linus Pauling page: vitamin C and CVS disease: Lay site dedicated to explaining and defending the proposition by Linus Pauling that vitamin C supplementation prevents heart disease.
Megavitamin and Megamineral Therapy in Childhood: Canadian Pediatric Society: position paper is orthodox in perspective, but detailed and well referenced.
Nutrition Science News Magazine: This is a web site of an alternative nature, featuring issues of a "journal of natural products research and innovation". It is evidently distributed to pharmacists. There are a number of Acrobat format documents from continuing education modules.
Dietary supplements bibilography data base: IBIDS: The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database (IBIDS) is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health, in conjunction with the Food and Nutrition Information Center of the National Agricultural Library. IBIDS will contain bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific peer reviewed journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements. Supposed to be available on-line some time in 1998.
Omega-3 & 6 News: "An online newsletter, reference center and conferencing area dedicated to the science and industry surrounding polyunsaturated fatty acid". From Univ.of Minnesota, has a newsletter on omega fatty acids, a list of links and a omega 3 news section.
Nutrition Focus: Solgar: Series of articles from a vitamin supplementation company with a focus on the positive role of or need for supplementation. Also links .
Food fortification: UNICEF report: Report from UNICEF on progress of supplementation around the globe, including vitamin A, iron, folate and iodine.
VERIS On-line: This web site offers abstracts from the medical literature as well as the summaries and articles of important research that appear in the VERIS newsletter, which is distributed inter alia to physicians by VERIS, is a service with pharmaceutical sponsorship which promotes information on antioxidant nutrients and their clinical benefits. The site also has a search engine for the articles on-line, and a few web links.
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This is a collection of clinical nutrition links, such as vitamin, mineral and micronutrient deficiency diseases and states, the role of vitamin and mineral supplements and supplementation, iron deficiency, vitamin C, calcium, zinc, iodine, vitamin D, selenium, antioxidants, preventive medicine, nutrition. This is a collection of clinical nutrition links, such as vitamin, mineral and micronutrient deficiency diseases and states, the role of vitamin and mineral supplements and supplementation, iron deficiency, vitamin C, calcium, zinc, iodine, vitamin D, selenium, antioxidants, preventive medicine, nutrition. This is a collection of clinical nutrition links, such as vitamin, mineral and micronutrient deficiency diseases and states, the role of vitamin and mineral supplements and supplementation, iron deficiency, vitamin C, calcium, zinc, iodine, vitamin D, selenium, antioxidants, preventive medicine, nutrition.