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Links - Functional Foods
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(with ratings on a scale of 0 to 25)
 

Rating
16/25 Benecol Products
This site gives a lot of ideas for incorporating this product into your lifestyle, as well as other recommendations to help lower cholesterol and lead a healthier lifestyle.
http://www.benecol.com/
 
18/25 Campbell Soup Company
This has an interactive portion to look up nutrition information for any flavor soup you eat. It also includes recipes, product descriptions, and nutrition information that focuses on low calorie/fat diets and benefits of lycopene.
http://www.campbellsoup.com/
 
18/25 Food and Nutrition Information Center--Consumer Corner
This site provides links to information on antioxidants, phytochemicals, and functional foods.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/consumersite/hot-antioxidants.htm
 
23/25 Food and Nutrition Information Center--Phytonutrients
Provided is information, links, and resources on functional foods.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000102.html
 
19/25 Functional Foods for Health
This program and site, created by the University of Illinois, provides information on current research, publications, and consumer information and resources.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~ffh/
 
23/25 Functional Foods for Health
Examples of functional foods, functional food guide pyramid, and the Functional Foods for Health Café.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~ffh/ffh.html
 
21/25 International Food Information Council Foundation
Provided is information on functional foods including examples of functional components, questions and answers, fact sheets, and publications.
http://ific.org/nutrition/functional/index.cfm
 
18/25 Lipton - Tea and Health
This site is provided by Lipton. It is an nutritionally informative page with many referenced answers to common questions. This site provides valuable information about tea and health.
http://www.teaandhealth.com/
 
19/25 Lycopene
Lycopene facts, questions and answers, news, research update, recipes, scientific abstracts, teacher resources, student resources, and parents' resources.
http://www.lycopene.org/
 
24/25 Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee
Consumer information, staff directory and links, current research, and news releases for soybeans.
http://www.michigansoybean.org/
 
19/25 National Sunflower Association
Sunflower market development and promotion, product research, education, and policy issues relating to sunflowers.
http://www.sunflowernsa.com/home.asp
 
15/25 Prospecting for Health Protectants in Soy
This page is by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service. It is an article about the chemoprotective effects of soybean. It mentions a few studies done on this topic.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/may99/soy0599.htm
 
22/25 Red Raspberries
Information for buyers and researchers about red raspberries, nutrition, recipes, ellagic acid, FAQs and berry links.
http://www.red-raspberry.org/
 

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