Knowledge: food, drink and nutrition
See Also:
- health → nutrition
- home → consumer information → food and drink
- home → cooking → safety
- science → technology → food science → food safety
- society → issues → environment → food and drink
- society → lifestyle choices → veganism → criticisms of dairy products
- society → lifestyle choices → vegetarianism → criticisms of meat eating → health concerns
Links
- Social Issues Research Centre
http://www.sirc.org/ - Provides research and reporting on food, health, and other lifestyle matters, and campaigns against scares.
- World Food Safety Organisation
http://www.worldfoodsafety.org/ - Aims to provide food safety professionals with a neutral forum for the exchange of ideas and experience.
- True Food Organization
http://www.truefood.org/ - Activist site sponsored by GreenPeace focusing on organic food. Includes extensive information and links.
- HingePin
http://www.hingepin.com/env-nutrition.html - Brings together research from indexed journals in environmental medicine, clinical ecology, toxicology, molecular biology, and genetics to provide a new framework for understanding nourishment. Intended as a sourcebook as well as a teaching tool.
- Fast Food for a Fast World
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/rollingstone1.html - US fast food revenues exceed higher education, personal computers, and software. US spends more on fast food than any other entertainment activity combined. Article from Rolling Stone magazine.
- Biodevastation2000
http://www.biodev.org - Non-profit movement that aims to stop all forms of genetic engineering on food and limit the power government has over the food economic system.
- Foundation for Food Irradiation Education
http://www.food-irradiation.com - Organization that provides informative information and strives to improve communications about food irradiation to the public via the industry, media, and academia.
- Irradiation - How Safe Is Your Dinner?
http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/diet/nutrition/articles/0,12873,284558_290455-9,0... - Good Housekeeping article on the pros and cons of food irradiation, including recent FDA decisions and the debate over labeling for consumers.
- Restaurant Inspections
http://home.earthlink.net/~tfpeacock/ - Proposals for action to improve food safety in eating establishments in the United States. News, history and email contact.
- Ladies Home Journal on Nutrition
http://www.lhj.com/home/Nutrition.html - Features facts to help you eat healthy and control your food intake.
- War on Fat
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/healthcare/fat.html - Information and articles about the war on fat.
- Microwaved Food: The Dangers
http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html - Reviews evidence suggesting that microwaving food destroys nutrients and makes certain substances toxic, leading to adverse health effects.
- BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1098564.stm - Farmed Salmon Contaminated - Aquaculture practice of concentrating feed from other ocean fish, provided to farmed salmon contain high levels of PCB's, according to research.
- Organic Consumers Organization
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ - For the labeling of genetically engineered, biotech, GMO, and Novel food. Also encourages organic food and pesticide reduction. Advocates concern about the dangers of food irradiation. A clearinghouse for activists.
- Campaign for Real (Raw) Milk
http://www.realmilk.com/ - Advocates the consumption of clean, unpasteurized, whole milk, and additive-free organic dairy products. Find out how to get raw milk and read articles on the health benefits of raw milk.
- Weston A. Price Foundation
http://www.westonaprice.org/ - Information on the benefits of nutrient-dense foods and the foundation's agenda in the areas of education and research; articles on specific foods such as soy products.
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