Nutrition Guidelines For

Healthy Eating

• Healthy Eating Guidelines and A New Food Guide Pyramid
• Benefits of Whole Grains
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Food Safety

Weight Loss

• Weight Management Guidelines
• Aim for a Healthy Weight - The National Institutes of Health website for weight loss.
• Active at Any Size - An excellent guide for activity for seriously overweight persons, by NIH, Weight-control Information Network

Lowering Cholesterol

• High Blood Cholesterol - What You Need to Know. Provided by the National Cholesterol Education Program. Basics on understanding and lowering high cholesterol including risk assessment.
• Live Healthier - Live Longer. An interactive web site on lowering your cholesterol by the National Cholesterol Education Program.

Eating a Plant Based Diet

• Vegetarian Diets - ADA position paper, June 2003 (pdf 17 pp)
• Making the Change to a Vegetarian Diet (pdf 2 pp)
• Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Support Group site. A reliable and excellent source of information. Excellent articles and fact sheets.

Lowering Blood Pressure

• The DASH Diet - A diet for lowering blood pressure (and high cholesterol) that has been tested and is effective. Provided by the National High Blood Pressure Education program. (pdf 24 pp)

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Health content in these articles is general health information from evidence based research for healthy populations. Its purpose is not to treat disease or take the place of advice by your doctor but to promote healthy lifestyles. Persons with health problems should contact their physician for specific guidance.