Famous Nutrition People

Michael Pollan
This Professor from Berkeley University writes about nurtrition policy.

Marion Nestle
Professor Nestle writes a daily blog about the latest nutrition news.

Brian Wansink
This professor writes about food behavior and wrote Mindless Eating, a great website.

Links

Health News Sites

Reliable Nutrition Information

The Nutrition Source
Harvard Nutrition Department site that summarizes nutrition science in a readable and comprehensive way

Nutrition Data
Provides nutrition data on most foods

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
US Government Health Organization

Fighting for the Truth

Center for Science in the Public Interest
Since 1971, the CSPI has been a strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science.

Sense About Science
Responds to the misrepresentation of science and scientific evidence on issues that matter to society. And they work with scientists and civic groups to promote evidence and scientific reasoning in public discussion.

Voice of Young Science
Read especially this funny paper on how manufacturers of "health" products have no scientific background: [There goes the science bit...]