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Health and Healing

Nutrition

  • Center for Nutrition and Policy Promotion (some useful stuff like MyPyramid, Dietary Guidelines for Americans)
  • Search the USDA Nutrient Database to find out what is in a certain food.
  • Or find out which foods contain a particular nutrient and how much.
  • Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-Z Reference to Drug-free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by James F. Balch, M.D., and Phylliss A Balch, C.N.C. This book is updated periodically. You might want to make sure you get the latest edition.

 

Natural Living

 

Natural Healing/Home Remedies

 

Mental Health

 

Dental Health

 

Medical Resources

 

Miscellaneous

 

U.S. government stuff:

 

Foundations and Societies:

 

Link suggestions welcome, although inclusion is not guaranteed.