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Eat Your Way to Five a Day!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource presents guidelines to follow to help you make healthy food choices and get the nutrients from fruits and vegetables that your body needs.
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Supralife International: Colloidal Minerals, B Complex?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief description of vitamin B complex. Includes information on topics such as the function of the vitamin and recommended daily allowances.
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Zinc an Essential Mineral

For Students 9th - 10th
This site promotes the benefits on zinc and other not so well-known minerals; calcium is best known. Discusses the importance of zinc, and the types of food zinc is found.
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Life Extension: Macular Degeneration (Age Related)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives an overview of age-related Macular Degeneration. Includes a list of Nutritional Recommendations and Vitamins.
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Curated OER

Vitamin C, Antioxidant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a discussion of vitamin C and antioxidants. Includes functions and benefits of vitamin C, antioxidant theory, osteoarthritis, diabetes, and atherosclerosis.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article from the University of Massachusetts provides information on the nutritional values of milk products. Take a three-question quiz to test your knowledge of the milk food group.
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Web Health Centre: Food at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the roles of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Learn what kinds of foods are "Body builders," "Energy givers," and "Protectors," and tailor your diet so that you are getting the nutrients you need to...
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Kid Source on Line: Infant Formula: Second Best but Good Enough

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers information about infant formula including vitamins, preparation, and storage.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Heart Healthy Foods

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on the topic of heart healthy foods. The site is fairly in-depth with links scattered throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Moms Team: Food Sources for Calcium

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a chart listing several calcium-rich foods (from all major food groups) and the amount of calcium they have (in micrograms) per serving. Use this chart to keep track of how much calcium you take in each day.
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Encyclopedia of Food: Chloride

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Know what chloride is and how it benefits the human body. Find natural sources to add chloride to daily meals.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Phosphorus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out how humans can acquire phosphorus and why it is important to the body.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Molybdenum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An essential mineral, this entry introduces the value and sources of molybdenum and lists what happens when a body is deficient or has too much of it.
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Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about nutrition, health, and heart disease. It also discusses specific types of vitamin and mineral supplements you can take to improve or maintain your health.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Fruits

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the University of Massachusetts briefly explains the nutritional values of fruits and provides examples of fruits. Take a quiz on this food group to test your knowledge.
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Genetically Modified Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists inserted daffodil genes and other genetic material into ordinary rice to make this golden rice. The result is a strain of rice that provides vitamin A, a nutrient missing from the diets of many people who depend on rice as a...

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