Linus Pauling Institute
Micronutrient Research for Optimum Health

Micronutrient Information Center

Relevant Links

U.S. Government Sites

• Cancer.gov Cancer Information
  (Current information about cancer from the National Cancer Institute.)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
  Dietary guidelines published jointly every five years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
• Dietary Supplements
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  (Information and warnings about dietary supplements from the FDA.)
• Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine
  (Includes tables of Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamins, minerals, and macronutrients.)
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
  (Food and nutrition information and resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.)
• Healthfinder
  (A guide to health information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)
• MEDLINE plus
  (Health information from the National Library of Medicine.)
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  (Information for consumers and practitioners on complementary and alternative therapies.)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information
  (Information regarding cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and sleep disorders.)
• National Institute on Aging Health Information
  (Information and resources regarding aging, Alzheimer's disease, and related disorders.)
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease Health Information
  (Health information on diabetes, digestive diseases, endocrine (hormonal) and metabolic diseases, hematologic (blood) diseases, kidney diseases, and nutrition.)
• National Library of Medicine Pub Med
  (A search engine for the MEDLINE database.)
• Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
  (Information and resources regarding dietary supplements, including
  the IBIDS dietary supplements database.)
• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
  (NIH resource center for osteoporosis and other bone disease such as Paget's disease, osteogenesis imperfects, and hyperparathyroidism.)
• USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
  (Includes a search engine for the nutritional composition of over 7,000 foods.)

Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
(Full text versions of the recent reports by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine on recommended intakes of specific nutrients)

• Dietary Reference Intakes for Phosphorus, Magnesium, and Fluoride 
  (1997)
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline
  (1998)
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids
  (2000)
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc
  (2001)
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Fat, Protein and Amino Acids (Macronutrients)
  (2002)
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate
  (2004)
  
• Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D 
  (2010)

Other Health Related Links

• American Cancer Society
  (Information and resources on preventing, treating, and coping with cancers.)
• American Diabetes Association
  (Information and resources for consumers and health professionals on many aspects of diabetes.)
• American Heart Association
  (Information and resources for consumers and health professionals on prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases including heart attack and stroke.)
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
  (Information and resources for consumers and health professionals on osteoporosis.)
• American Federation for Aging Research
  (Current research on healthy aging.)