On 1/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Anne-Marie Taylor</b> <<a href="mailto:femmechakra@yahoo.ca">femmechakra@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div> <div>One of my resolutions this year was to find out how to eat better and</div> <div>feel healthier.</div> <div> </div> <div>Is there a program or site that exists that can help me acknowledge</div> <div>what I eat and drink?
</div> <div>Sorry for my ignorance, but I was just curious to find out if I could</div> <div>punch in what I eat and find out exactly what i'm putting in</div> <div>my body. (Like typing apple and knowing how many vitamins
</div> <div>i'm putting in my body?)(Or by putting tuna and knowing how much</div> <div>iron i've absorbed. </div> <div>I would love to buy my Mother this device. </div> <div>If anybody has any fact, advice or opinion, I would love to know,
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>One trick I've learned for finding useful sites is to do a search for popular <a href="http://del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a> tags on the subject. For example:<br><br><a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/nutrition">
http://del.icio.us/popular/nutrition</a><br><a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/diet">http://del.icio.us/popular/diet</a><br><a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/health">http://del.icio.us/popular/health</a><br><br></div>I haven't tried them out myself, but the following look like they could be useful:
<br><br><a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/">http://www.sparkpeople.com/</a><br>("Stick with your free diet plan with the help of our daily food tracker, meal plans, shopping lists, progress reports, and more.")
<br><br><a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/">http://www.nutritiondata.com/</a><br>("NutritionData (ND) provides nutrition facts, Calorie counts, and nutrient data for all
foods and recipes.")<br><br><a href="http://www.caloriescount.org/cgi-bin/calorie_calculator.cgi">http://www.caloriescount.org/cgi-bin/calorie_calculator.cgi</a><br><br><a href="http://www.bellybytes.com/articles/29foods.shtml">
http://www.bellybytes.com/articles/29foods.shtml</a><br>("The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 foods
that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck,
as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer,
diabetes and heart disease.")<br><br><a href="http://www.fitday.com/">http://www.fitday.com/</a><br>("
Sign-up for your <a href="http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/SignUp.html">free web account</a>
and join the growing number of FitDay members who are tracking
their foods, exercises, weight loss, and goals online.")<br><br><a href="http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner/menu.cgi">http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner/menu.cgi</a><br>("Interactive Menu Planner")
<br><br>-- Neil<br></div><br>