Nutrition and Health Information

What information are you looking for? See below for the best links to reliable, up-to-date health and nutrition topics on the Web.

Searchable databases and indexed sites:

Combined Health Information Database
This database provides easy access to health information, including more than 101,000 health-related materials that have appeared in magazines, journals, newspapers, brochures, book chapters, and videotapes. The content is summarized in abstracts, and contact information is provided for the producers of hard-to-find items. CHID is intended to be used by both health professionals and the public.

Entrez Pub Med
Pub Med is the "gold standard" database of over 14 million searchable journal articles from the scientific literature. Flexible and powerful, with this tool you can narrow and limit searches to exactly what you want (excluding what you don't want), search for a single citation, browse journal titles, and more. Abstracts also include links to full-text articles, some of which are free and some of which are available for a fee.

Medline Plus
Considered to be a simplified version of Pub Med, Medline Plus is one of the best places for professionals and consumers to search topics on health, nutrition, and medicine. Get the scoop and the scientific sources for the information you seek.

Food and Nutrition Information Center
Some good information on nutrition and health. Includes a searchable database and printer-ready fact sheets.

Dietary Supplement Information Bureau
A real gem of a site: cutting-edge information on nutritional supplements, with references!

Whole Health MD
Herbs, supplements, whole foods: get all the info you need here.