Spotting Nutrition Misinformation

Spotting Nutrition Misinformation
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Quackwatch
This site allows consumers and professionals to assess various nutrition information and programs for accuracy and potential for nutrition misinformation. Offers tips on how to detect nutrition fads and fraud, outlines various fad diets and programs, and describes questionable products and services. Allows the reader to search for a particular program/theory and find information on it's reliability.
Dietfraud
This site offers book reviews and descriptions of resources in the area of alternative nutrition and nutrition fads. Also offers links to other related websites on various nutrition related topics as well as description of nutrition fraud lawsuits.
The National Council Against Health Fraud
NCHF is a private, non profit agency that focuses upon health misinformation, fraud, and nutrition quackery as public health problems. This site offers publications, position papers, consumer statements, description of legal and regulatory matters, and links to other related sites.
Centre for Science in the Public Interest
CSPI is a lobby organization that advocates for safe and nutritional quality of the food supply. This site offers tips on improving diet and information on current campaigns they are involved in.