Top health and wellness websites

June 30, 3:21 PMLA Diets ExaminerLorie Dudley

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The information highway is about as vast as the universe itself. In fact, there's so much information available on the Internet, you could suffer "paralysis by analysis" or an inability to take action due to an overwhelming amount of information. A search of "carbohydrates" on Google, for example, will inundate your computer monitor with so much information that you could end up spending hours reading through it all. Here the L.A. Diets Examiner shares the websites she uses for the latest information on diets, fitness, and wellness.

Latest Diet and Exercise Information

• CDC - get the latest health information straight from the horse's mouth.
• Health.gov - current dietary guidelines (2005 guidelines are considered the most current until the new guidelines are released in 2010.)
• Harvard Health - sign up for the HEALTHbeat newsletter for weekly health information and advice from the experts at Harvard Medical School.
• EveryDayHealth.com - offers a healthy meal planner, help for finding doctors and hospitals, information on drugs and treatments, and a calorie counter.
• Health.com - the latest health information plus a symptom checker.
• MotleyHealth.com - HOT health topics.
• WholeFitness.com - articles and information divided into four sections: body fitness, diet fitness, mind fitness, and health.
• BasilandSpice.com - health and wellness author and book reviews.

Weight Loss

• Sparkpeople.com  - one of the best online weight loss communities.
• Exercisewest.com - find a trainer, gym, nutritionist and more in your area by just entering the name of your city.

Calorie Counters, Food Diaries & Nutritional values

• TheDailyPlate.com - site that provides nutritional data, plus a free food dairy.
• NutritionData.com - another site that provides the nutritional value of foods.
• Freedomfly.net - helpful calculators for estimating your caloric needs, protein needs, BMR, and more.
• CaloriesPerHour.com - weight loss calculators and more.

At home fitness

• Centralhome.com - this website carries probably ever exercise video ever made; everything from ballet, hip-hop, kung-fu, yoga, strip-tease, stability ball, and more - if you want it, they have it.
• AllStarHealth.com - the best supplements prices on the Internet.
• ShapeUpShop.com - the best online site for fitness, recreation and sports supplies.

Dining Out

• HealthyDiningFinder.com - looking for a healthy restaurant? Look no further.
• Menutopia.com - find your restaurant and check out the menu before you get there. 

Fitness

• CriticalBench.com - great bodybuilding and strength training website.
• Bodybuilding.com - THE best bodybuilding website.
• Exrx.net - a huge video database that demonstrates strength training exercises.
• BodyBuildingForYou.com - don't let the word "bodybuilding" scare you, this site is for anyone interested in health and fitness.

Mind-Body

• Belief.net - inspirational articles.
• TheDailyMind.com - a blog with articles on how to make the "daily grind" more meaningful.