Dear All, Hopefully, I’ll add more specific nutrition tidbits that I learn throughout the year, but I wanted to start by posting these websites below. Unlike some of the other nutrition sites out there, (as far as I know) these ones aren’t selling diets or health food products. They also try to examine the actual research, data and evidence on the topics.
As with anything, please be careful about what “evidence” exactly is: it’s easy for someone to take a couple of sentences from a research study, exaggerate the claims, and misrrepresent. Also, always be on the watch out for conflicts of interest — for example, the Mayo Clinic has a bookstore that’s selling their books. Unfortunately, conflicts of interest happen everywhere — I tried to do the best I could by selecting sources from well-respected institutions. But please use your critical judgment when reading.
Reference Websites on Nutrition, Diets, Vitamins & Herbs:
1) Nutrition information (including diet, food and vitamins) from the Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html
2) Direct Link to Vitamin information from Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins.html
3) Supplement and Drug Index from the Mayo Clinic (Has information on supplements such as herbs)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex
5) National Institutes of Health Website on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
6) Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center (has information on vitamins, minerals and other nutrients):
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/
General idea behind these health videos:
I’m a first year medical student here in Boston. Every day, I’m learning exciting and critical topics on medicine and health. But too often, the things I’m learning about never reach the public.
I wanted to try an experiment — sharing health information on youtube, with the sole purpose of trying to get more important health information to you all. Unlike some of the other health videos out there, mine are not about promoting a book, a diet, a pill, an agenda. I hope to answer your questions either through e-mail or through the video updates — please, please, (please!) e-mail me any questions and I will try my best to answer them by asking my professors and by citing credibles sources (JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, etc…)
e-mail:
unitedstatesmedicalstudent@gma il.com
I hope this experiment works — and if it fails, I hope someone sees these videos, says, “hmmm, these are bad videos, but I love the idea,” and decides to go for it.
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P.S. I wanted to point out something important: I’m just a medical student, so my posts are hopefully conversation starters, but only conversation starters — not medical advice. If my posts intrigue you, please read more about the topic and discuss about it with your doctor. I’d be happy to send you the information in the journal articles I talk about. Also, the opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of Harvard Medical School, its affiliated institutions, or Harvard University. Best wishes!
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