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FOOD & HEALTH

Electrolyte Notes Salt & Mineral toxicity, deficiency

Foods of Concern

Gluten Free Information and Celiac Disease

Milk For and Against

Mad Cow aka BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

CSPI Salt Assault: Brand-name Comparisons of Processed Foods - August 17, 2005
http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/salt_report_update.pdf

Also available here

SEASONING WITHOUT SALT a care guide
http://www.drugs.com/CG/SEASONING_WITHOUT_SALT.html

FOOD ALLERGIES RARE BUT RISKY Updated December 2004
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-alrg1.html

Dangerous to Health

MSG MonoSodium Glutamate

Food Additives & Chemical Preservatives used in the production of food.

Vitamin Toxicity

Bad Practices in the Food Industry

Real dangers in the use of Canola Oil

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Abstract Corrosive injury of the esophagus. Result of ingesting some denture cleanser tablets and powder.
Arch Otolaryngol. 1978 Sep;104(9):514-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=28721&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Abstract: Irradiated Foods from the American Council on Science and Health the full pdf version is available here
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.198/pub_detail.asp
http://www.acsh.org/

Microwaved Water - See What It Does To Plants
http://www.rense.com/general70/microwaved.htm

Organic Foods

National Organic Program run by the AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service) for the USDA
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/

Organic Consumers Association wants a moratorium on genetically engineered food and encouraging organic food. Stop GMO pollution.
http://organicconsumers.org/

Herbs and Complementary/Alternative Lifestyle

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/

Annie Apple Seed Project Complementary/Alternative Therapies from a patient perspective
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/index.html

Henriette's herbal medicine pages
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/

HouseofStrauss: Index to articles on Alternative and radical lifestyle
http://houseofstrauss.co.uk/modules/wfsection/

Government Information and Regulation

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 from http://www.Road-to-Health.com/

USDA:FSIS Meat and Poultry Labeling Terms also available here.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/lablterm.htm

EPA Fish Advisories
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/

Online References

The National Insitutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements collects and diseminates information on dietary supplements and nutrients. It also maintains Facts Sheets on Dietary Supplements, Vitamin and Mineral Supplements and Botanical Supplements
http://ods.od.nih.gov/

The National Insitutes of Health's
NLM's (National Library of Medicine)
Home : Databases & Electronic Resources : ChemIDplus :
MedlinePlus : [[PubMed]] : medicines : health topics : drug information : dictionary : encyclopedia : news by date : directories : other resources :
Exhibitions in the History of Medicine : Online Exhibitions : History of Medicine

CDC Index of Diseases & Conditions
A master index of their research which includes: Infectious & Other Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Risk Factors.
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000e035

University of Maryland Medical Center, Medical Reference, Alternative / Complementary Medicine
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/index.html

NHS Direct Health encyclopaedia - Index
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/alphaindex.aspx

BBC News Online Medical Notes & Library
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/default.stm

Food & Nutrition Research Briefs One of many programs run by the USDA via the ARS.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/fnrb/

NUTRIENT DATA LABORATORY Home of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, which is part of the Food and Nutrition Information Center run by the USDA via the NAL (National Agricultural Library).
http://www.ars.usda.gov/ba/bhnrc/ndl

MedTerms Medical Dictionary MedTerms™ online medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com, containing easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms. This online medical dictionary provides quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine GUIDE TO POISONOUS AND TOXIC PLANTS This technical guid provides pictures, common names, descriptions, toxic parts of the plants, symptoms of poisoning and distribution maps of those plants normally found in the wild.
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/PLANT.HTM

HopTechNo's Information About Food, Nutrition and Health They collected 200+ publications from the Government.
http://www.hoptechno.com/bookidx.htm

Links page to HealthNotes.com. Premiere internet site for health education, health issues and ailments index. This is a truly comprehensive resource of online health information. http://www.vitamins.com/vf/healthnotes/HN75_English/Index/All_Index.htm

Eurosurveillance Peer-reviewed European information on communicable disease surveillance and control.
Articles written for medical professionals with links to web-based news stories and press releases.
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/

WHO WHO Drug Information is a quarterly journal providing an overview of topics relating to medicines development and regulation which is targeted to a wide audience of health professionals and policy makers.
http://www.who.int/druginformation/

JIFSAN Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse is the responsibility of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a collaboration between the University of Maryland (UM) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
http://www.foodrisk.org/index.cfm

CSPI Integrity in Science Project Database - SEARCH SCIENTISTS' TIES TO INDUSTRY
http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/index.html

Misc

Article Why the Flu Vaccine Doesn't Work by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., Some PHDs are better than others, but in general it means when the PHD writes other should be able to understand - even if it is a failing writing style.
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa011604a.htm

Poisonous Plants - The following plants are dangerous, either to touch or eat.
From:
Poison and Drug Information Center - College of Pharmacy - University of Arizona
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/outreach/poison/plantsBad.php

The History of Pharmacy Museum University of Arizona
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/museum/index.php

National Herbalists Association of Australia is the a professional association of qualified herbalists. The Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism is the peer-reviewed journal of the association.
http://www.nhaa.org.au/

The Herb Society of America is dedicated to promoting the knowledge, use and delight of herbs through educational programs, research, and sharing the experience of its members with the community.
http://www.herbsociety.org/

Johns Hopkins Podcasts
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html

FDA Drug Index
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/DrugSafety/DrugIndex.htm

FDA:CFSAN Tattoos and Permanent Makeup
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html

http://www.fda.gov/oc/industry/default.htm

Toxic Woods and Occupational Lung Diseases by Mark Anderson, M.D.; May 1, 2000
Includes: Occupational Lung Diseases (short list), Toxic Word (partial list)
http://www.riparia.org/toxic_woods.htm

Poisonous Sea Life v.2.4 © 2000, Mark R. Anderson, M.D.; last updated Dec. 12, 2004
http://www.riparia.org/sealife_poisoning.html

Rudolph Matas Medical Library: Tulane University Health Sciences Center
http://www.tulane.edu/~matas/

Wellness Directory of Minnesota Articles on Cancer, Detoxication, History of Medicine, Holism, Immune System, Interviews, Mental Health, Qiong, Terrain, Therapies, Water and Pictorals
http://www.mnwelldir.org/articles.htm

Local Resources

Historical Items of Note.

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