Resources

IBIDS Database
IBIDS is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals.

General Dietary Supplement Information
Provides listings of various dietary supplements.

Alternative Medicine
Alternative unconventional treatments and complementary medicine information.

Dietary Supplements Regulations, Government Reports, and Warnings
Consumer reports and industry regulation information.

Ergogenic Aids
Ergogenic aids are substances that help enhance energy utilization and performance in the body. Information on athletic nutritional supplements is provided.

Herbal Information
Information about various herbs, botanicals and herbal therapies.

Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation
General vitamin and mineral supplement information.

Classic USDA Food Composition Publications
Includes Agriculture Handbook No. 74, Energy Value of Foods and Agriculture Handbook No. 102, and Food Yields Summarized by Different Stages of Preparation. Available in pdf.

Food Composition and Nutrition Links
Find other food nutrient related information

Nutritive Value of Foods - PDF format
Published in 2002, HG-72 contains data on over 1,274 foods expressed in terms of common household units.
From: Home and Garden Bulletin No. 72

USDA Database for the Choline Content of Common Food
Contains values for six choline metabolites
From: USDA and the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina.

Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods - 2003
Contains values for five subclasses of flavonoids

Isoflavone Content of Foods
From: USDA and Iowa State University Primary Nutrient Dataset for USDA Nationwide Food Surveys
Contains databases from CSFII 94-96 and earlier releases of the Survey Nutrient Databases.

Sugar Content of Selected Foods-Home Economics Research Report No. 48 - PDF format
Includes monosaccharides, disaccharides and total sugars.
From: USDA Human Nutrition Service

Table of Nutrient Retention Factors
Release 4
Contains the factors for calculating retention of 25 vitamins, minerals and alcohol during food preparation.