Foods & Nutrition

Resources

Indiana's Food for the Hungry
Emergency feeding programs, such as food pantries, soup kitchens, and meal programs, help to feed more than 25 million Americans. That's one in every 10 people in the United States! Overcoming limited budgets, uncertain food supplies, less than ideal food storage or preparation conditions, and a seemingly endless stream of those in need can be a difficult task. Through the Indiana's Food for the Hungry on-line database, Purdue University Extension provides a resource to help consumers find local emergency feeding programs.

Review of nutrition in popular magazines  -   Summary [PDF]

Tables for Macronutrient DRIs [pdf] or [.doc]
The tables for the macronutrients and energy covered in the summary of the latest release of DRIs (09/05/02) - calories, protein, total fat, carbohydrate, total fiber, linoleic (n-6 fatty acid), and a -linolenic (n-3 fatty acid).

Searching foods and nutrition topics and websites
The information in this handout will show you how to search for food and nutrition information and lists many Internet sites that might be of help.

Databases and Educational Modules
Resource to find out information about herbals, reviews of diet books and food-related groups on the Internet or to learn how to better evaluate nutrition information or learn how to help young children prevent overweight.

Top 20 Healthy Recipe Ingredient Substitutions [PDF] [.doc]

Substitutions & Equivalents in Food Ingredients

University of Illinois Extension - Your Guide to Diet and Diabetes

This site focuses primarily on the role that diet plays in the treatment of adults with diabetes. Food can have a significant impact on the successful management of diabetes. Meal management can be very confusing. This site can help supplement the information from Purdue's Dining With Diabetes Program.