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Framingham State CollegeComputer Applications in Nutrition
Nutrition Web Sites
Online Diet Analysis ToolsFitday
www.fitday.com Food and exercise journal.Fitday offers a reliable, user-friendly program which ismost useful for an individuallooking for a diet analysisand fitness trackingprogram. Additionally, itallows tracking over time.
Life Clinic
http://www.lifeclinic.com My Health Record offers avariety of health trackingtools in addition to Nutritionand Fitness tracking. It alsooffers a Food Analyzer thatanalyzes nutrition content of individual food items, Foodand Exercise Diary forrecording and tracking yourdaily meals and activities,and a question-and-answerservice with registereddietitians.
USDA Food Composition Data 
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp Search individual foods inthe most recent release of the USDA NutrientDatabase.
MyPyramid Tracker
http://www.mypyramid.gov MyPyramid tracker is basedon the 2005 DietaryGuidelines (DG). Itcalculates daily intakecompared to the DG,MyPyramid Stats, NutrientIntake from food andNutrient Information onDietary Supplements. At thistime of this evaluation, theHealthy Index portion wasunder revision.
Nutrawatch
www.nutrawatch.com  This is a reliable, easy touse diet analysis tool. This
 
tool allows the user tochange their goals formacronutrients, fiber andsodium.
Nutridiary
www.nutridiary.com Nutridiary is a verythorough and informativetool that is easy to use. Itoffers an abundance of graphing and trackingoptions that allow for datato be easily visualized andinterpreted.
Nutrition Analysis Tool 
http://www.nat.uiuc.eduNAT is a simple, free dietanalysis tool which usesfood codes rather than foodnames to display analysis,making it less user friendlythan some other programs;reports are also difficult toprint. The site also offersonline interactive nutritioneducation, sports nutrition,body image and basicnutrition.
Nutrition Data 
http://www.nutritiondata.com Free and interactive website that generates nutritionfacts labels and providessimplified nutritionalanalysis for foods andrecipes. Uses reliable USDAnutrient database, howeversome tips not accurate.
Menu Planners and Recipe SitesInteractive Menu Planner 
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner National Heart, Lung andBlood Institute’s Interactivesite for creating meals for1200-2000 calorie levels.
My Menus 
http://www.mymenus.com
 
Loads of recipes which canbe re-sized to meet yourneeds; provides nutrientanalysis of each recipe andgenerates a shopping list.
 
Cooking Light
www.cookinglight.comRecipes with a lighter flare
 Your Produce Man
www.yourproduceman.com 
Current produce information ie: pricing,crop damage and more. Nutrition andfood trivia. Recipes for almost any kindof produce.
Food Network 
www.foodnetwork.com 
Lots of recipes and more.
The Cook's Thesaurus
www.foodsubs.com A cooking encyclopedia thatcovers thousands of ingredients and kitchentools. Entries includepictures, descriptions,synonyms, pronunciations,and suggestedsubstitutions.
Epicurious
www.epicurious.com 
Menus & Recipes galore!
Cooks
www.cooks.com 
Recipes and more
General Nutrition SitesFood and Nutrition InformationCenter
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic Homepage for the Food andNutrition InformationCenter. Nutrition topics,Dietary Supplements, Foodcomposition, DietaryGuidelines, Food GuidePyramid, FNIC Databases
Dietary Guidelines 2005
http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/ Authoritative source of dietary advice to promotegood health and preventchronic disease..
Food borne Illness EducationInformation Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/index.html
 
Food Safety Education,HACCP, Discussion groupsand links
National Center for Chronic DiseasePrevention and Health Promotion 
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphpIncludes nutrition, physicalactivity, public healthprograms, publications andmore.
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