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View Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating or link to the pdf version to print a copy for easy reference.

Read a report that presents revised results of nutrition surveys of Inuit and First Nations women of childbearing age in 1992 and 1993.

Find out how, by eating foods containing natural antioxidants, to protect yourself from diseases that research shows are linked to oxidative stress, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, cataracts and arthritis.

Understand the potential health effects of caffeine as well as Health Canada’s recommendations for daily caffeine intake.

Read the executive summary of the necessary risk assessment undertaken in order to consider adding calcium to foods.

Learn about the nutrient content of the foods and beverages you consume. Find values for nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, protein, energy, fat and many more.

Access the results of surveys of Inuit women of childbearing age in Pond Inlet and Repulse Bay, conducted to determine possible changes in nutrition and food security due to refinements to the Food Mail Program.

Refer to these nutrition guidelines for children to ensure healthy eating through key periods of growth, from infancy to adolescence.

Access information on the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which was established to develop international food standards to protect consumer health and to facilitate fair trading practices in foods.

Find information on The Dietary Reference Intakes, a comprehensive set of nutrient reference values for healthy populations that can be used for assessing and planning diets.

Read about the research that helps to better understand the roles of dietary trace element imbalances in the development of cardiovascular diseases.

Find information on different types of eating disorders, which involve a serious disturbance in eating behaviour and great concern over body size and shape.

Learn about energy metabolism and the issue of an increasing percentage of obese persons in Canada.

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Find information about fibre, a complex and varied macronutrient, and discover the research being done on such topics as the effect of fibre in the digestive tract.

Find out why it is important to take folic acid, one of the B vitamins, to contribute to the healthy growth of your unborn baby.

Access information on numerous nutrition topics, including healthy eating, assessing weight, advisories, prenatal nutrition and food recalls.

Link to a variety of data sources that provide insights into nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and eating behaviours of Canadians.

Discover several ways to reduce fat intake with this list of tips for healthy eating.

Learn about nutraceuticals and functional foods, which are food components that provide demonstrated physiological benefits or reduce the risk of chronic disease, above and beyond their basic nutritional functions.

Link to several studies about functional foods and nutraceuticals, their regulatory environment, scientific research and efforts to promote public awareness.

Access information on novel foods, also known as genetically modified foods, including the definition, the Government of Canada action plan and answers to frequently asked questions.

How much do you know about food values? Match up each item from a Nutrition Facts label to its picture and function.

Link to the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, which supports research to enhance health and address problems in relation to diet, digestion, excretion and metabolism.

Use this inventory to review current food safety research undertaken by scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Find fact sheets on 25 aspects of food and nutrition from arsenic in drinking water to unpasteurized fruit juice and cider. Each fact sheet has background information, details about health effects, and tips on how to minimize personal risk.

Learn about minerals, which are unique nutrients because they are extremely active metabolically and can be both intracellular oxidants as well as antioxidants.

Link to a pdf version or order a copy of a guide that outlines the nutritional content of common foods.

Read about the importance of healthy eating, which contributes to an overall sense of well being and helps people to look, feel and perform better.

Refer to this guide to find information on healthy eating practices during childbearing years, and specifically during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Link to information about nutrition , including Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating and the Canadian Guidelines for Body Weight Classification in Adults.

Discover what research is being done on protein, an essential component of diet that is required to synthesize nitrogen-containing compounds.

Read about the role of dietary fats and oils in human nutrition, one of the most important areas of concern and investigation in the field of nutritional science due to implications in the etiology of cardiovascular vascular disease.

Read an overview of a report about alternatives to modern medicine, pharmaceuticals and the healthcare system.

Find information on water soluble vitamin research, including their levels and availability in foods, their interactions with other dietary components and their roles in health and disease.