About NutriWatch

• Mission Statement (updated 6/11/01)
• About Drs. Barrett and Kroger posted 3/20/00)

Nutrition Basics

• The Digestive Process (revised 5/23/00)
• Vitamins and Minerals: Help or Harm? (book) (posted 2/22/15)

Guidelines

• History of Food Group Systems (link to another site)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  • 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (posted 2/22/15
  • DGA Advisory Committee Recommendations (2010) (posted 11/7/10)
  • DGA Advisory Committee Recommendations (2015) (posted 2/22/15)
• American Heart Association: New Dietary Guidelines (link to AHA site)
• Healthy People 2010 Nutrition Objectives (posted 2/24/00)
• NIH Consensus Statement on Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Chronic Disease Prevention (posted 8/30/06)
• NHLBI Obesity Evidence Review (2013) (posted 8/14/15)
• ChooseMyPlate.gov: (link to USDA diet evaluation and planning site)

Foods and Nutrition

• Functional Foods: Their Role in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (posted 6/17/99)
• Lactose Intolerance and Health (2010 NIH Consensus Summary) (posted 4/21/15)
  • Lactose Intolerance Technical Report (posted 4/21/15)
• Miscellaneous News (updated 4/29/00)
• “Organically Grown” Foods (revised 10/22/02)
• Soy: Health Claims for Soy Protein (link to FDA Consumer)
• Silly Statements about Powdered Milk (posted 7/25/07)
• Physiological Effects and Health Consequences of Dietary Fiber (1987) posted 4/2/19)
• Findings of the 1971 Resource Conference on Food Faddism and Cultism (posted 12/6/14)
• Got Milk? Make Sure It’s Pasteurized (posted 3/20/20)

Food Safety and Technology

• Food Safety: What Are the Real Issues? (posted 6/6/05)
• FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring, 1993-1999
• FDA Review of the Safety of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST)
• IFT Expert Report on Biotechnology and Foods
• Genetically Engineered Foods Should NOT Bear Special Labels (posted 1/2/00)
• Irradiation of Food: IFT Scientific Status Summary (posted 10/20/05)
• Microwave Oven Safety: USDA Fact Sheet (posted 12/28/07)
• Food Safety and Technology Links (updated 8/12/02)
• Don’t Feed Honey to Infants (posted 4/26/01)
• Index of Supplement and Herbal Product Recalls (link to another site)
• UK Food Standards Agency Publishes Organic Review (posted 8/4/09)
• Unpasteurized (Raw) Milk Can Pose a Serious Health Risk (posted 10/26/13) NEW

Dietary Supplements

• Economic Characterization iof the Dietary Supplement Industry (1999) (posted 2/10/19)
• Hype and Hope: The Cost of Vitamins (1992 investigation)
• Health Foods Survey (Health Canada, 1986)

Public Health Issues

• Fluoridation Update (MMWR reprint, posted 3/20/00)
• FDA Action Plan to Confront America’s Obesity Problem (link to FDA site)
• U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Supplment 411 High Risk List (link to USADA site)

Regulatory Issues

• Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry [Summary] [HTML] [PDF]
  • Dietary Supplements Task Force Final Report (1992) (posted 5/09/11)
• FDA Draft Guidance for “Medical Foods” (posted 9/15/13)
• FDA Food Labeling Guide (link to another site)
• FDA Urged to Halt Sale of Foods with Added Herbal Ingredients (posted 7/22/00)
• Health and Nutrient Content Claims (link to FDA Web site)
• How the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 Weakened the FDA (updated 7/6/00)
• Improvements Needed in Overseeing Dietary Supplements and “Functional Foods” (GAO report) (posted 7/22/00)
• Trans Fatty Acids:
  • Labeling Proposed by FDA (posted 3/31/00)
  • Final Rule (2003) (posted 12/6/12)
• U.S. House Government Reform Committee Hearing on Dietary Supplements (3/10/06)
• OIG Finds Dietary Supplement Claims Fail to Meet Federal Requirements (posted 12/8/12)

Misleading Ads

• Coral Calcium (link to Quackwatch)
• FTC Warning: Misleading Ads for Children’s Dietary Supplements (posted 5/1/00)
• FTC Advertising Cases Involving Weight-Loss Products and Services, 1927-1997
• Misleading Ads from the Florida Department of Citrus (posted 5/11/00)
• “80% of Doctors Take Antioxidants” (link to Quackwatch)
• Clarified Butter (Ghee): Is It a health food? (link to Quackwatch
• “Recommend Centrum to Bridge Nutrition Gaps” (link to Quackwatch)
• FTC Chairman Urges Cable TV Executives to Curb Deceptive Weight-Loss Ads (link to FTC site)
• Deception in Weight-Loss Advertising: FTC Staff Report [Summary] [Full Report]

Information Sources

• Advice in Health Food Stores: Don’t Trust It! (link to Quackwatch)
• Confessions of a Former Women’s Magazine Writer (posted 3/26/00)
• Where to Get Reliable Nutrition Advice (link to Quackwatch)

Links to Reliable Nutrition Web Sites

• Agricultural Research Service Nutrient Data Laboratory: Food composition data
• American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly American Dietetic Association)
• Center for Global Food Issues
• ConsumerLab: Reports on product quality
• Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)
• Dietary Supplements Label Database: Brands, ingredients, references
• Fatsecret: Comprehensive food label / nutrient content database
• FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Institute of Food Technologists Scientific Status Summaries
• Iowa State University Food Safety Project
• National Cholesterol Education Program
• National Dairy Council
• Nutrition Perspectives: Bimonthly newsletter of the University of California Extension Division
• Office of Dietary Supplements Fact Sheets
• USDA Dietary Supplement Page
• USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Antiquackery Web Sites

• American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
• Chirobase (Quackwatch’s skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices)
• Dr. Bill of Health.com
• MLM Watch (Quackwatch’s guide to multilevel marketing)
• National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF)
• Nutra-Smart.net
• Quackwatch (Comprehensive guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent consumer decisionmaking)
• Skeptics Dictionary (over 400 topics)