For Smarter Nutrition (06)

Vegan Diet Basics
This site has everything you’d like to know about vegetarian eating from The Vegetarian Journal. Topics include introduction to vegetarian eating, a position paper from the American Diabetic Association about vegetarian eating, easy vegan menus, calcium in the vegan diet, choosing a dietician, feeding vegan kids, healthy fast food for kids, iron in the vegetarian diet, getting protein in your vegan diet and vegan nutrition during pregnancy and childhood. The importance of Vitamin B12 is also noted, as is a senior’s guide to vegan eating.

Calcium and Kidney Stones
Certain conditions can cause too much calcium to be absorbed in the body, or too much to be passed into the kidneys. When there is too much calcium in the urine, which is medically known as hypercalciuria. This site gives food sources of calcium, such as gruyere cheese, yogurt, pizza, milk, buttermilk, American cheese, ricotta cheese, broccoli, instant oatmeal and instant dry milk. This site discusses special dietary considerations, such as fluid intake; calcium; oxalic acid or oxalate; sugar, sodium and animal protein; insoluble fiber; and Vitamin C.

Can Calcium and Healthy Eating Prevent Colon Cancer?
There is a lot of scientific evidence that red meat and saturated animal fat, by themselves, increase your risk of getting colorectal cancer, explains Dr. Joel B. Mason, in this article about using diet and nutrition to prevent colon cancer. It says that this form of cancer seems to be the most intimately tied to diet and healthy eating, which is why many researchers are studying the best foods for preventing colon cancer. Dr. Robert M. Russell also contributes to the article, saying that the key components shared by these diets are significant amounts of calcium, vitamin D, folate or folic acid, vitamin E, fiber, selenium and garlic.

Defeating Osteoporosis: Is Calcium the Only Fix?
Osteoporosis is a condition that involves hormonal, nutritional and lifestyle factors. All too often, though, it is advised to take extra calcium, or undergo hormone replacement therapy. The site says, Nutrients that need to be in sufficient supply include among others calcium, magnesium, boron, vitamins C, D, B6, Folic Acid, B12, K, and hydrochloric acid (stomach acid). This site includes a section about stomach acid, excess protein, toxic materials, and other things that prevent the body from absorbing calcium properly.

Nutritional Information for Kids and Adults
The World Health Organization put out this collection of links on topics related to human health. Discussed are child growth and development, micronutrients, infant feeding, feto-maternal nutrition and low birth weight, dietary recommendations and nutritional requirements, malnutrition, obesity, senior citizen healthy eating and more. A section on HIV/AIDS is also included, as is one about household food security.