TUESDAY, May 28, 2002 (HealthDayNews) -- You are what you eat. Here's a way to find out if your food has the right stuff.
U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed an online directory that makes it fast and easy for you to get nutrition information for 1,147 common foods. There are 30 nutrient categories including protein, fat, energy, and cholesterol, and carbohydrates.
The fiber champ is raw or pearled barley, which delivers a fiber wallop of 31.20 grams per cup. A 12-oz. can of soda pop, on the other hand, ranks 0 in terms of fiber benefit.
And if you're trying to decide whether to get your calcium from milk or from dandelion greens, milk is the winner. A cup of skim milk provides you with 301 mg. of calcium compared to 147 mg. of calcium in a cup of dandelion greens.
The ARS scientists used sophisticated analytical techniques to determine the nutrient content of the different foods.
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Here's where to access the nutrient directory.
For each nutrient, you also can select to have the directory sorted alphabetically by the names of foods or have it sorted by nutrient content where the foods are ranked highest to lowest.
