To Fall in Love with Eating Better. Wouldn’t that be grand? It might just be possible.
When it comes to your well-being, the web is a valuable resource for finding helpful information. However, you can become lost in the sea of information. With so many websites out there, you can have a hard time figuring out where to start.
You have no need to worry about that though, because you have just hit the food website jackpot. Here are 50 websites loaded with recipes, food facts, diet plans, stories and anecdotes to help you on your journey towards nutritional wholeness and complete well-being. Share them with your family, friends and co-workers to spread the word about the awesome resources where you can learn, laugh and all around enjoy the journey to improved overall health and wellness.
Vegan and Vegetarian
Many people are becoming interested in vegan and vegetarian foods and lifestyles as they try to live healthier lives. Several celebrities have gone vegetarian and even popular talk show hosts are suggesting vegan or vegetarian foods. Pleasantly surprised by the flavors many people now enjoy the variety vegan foods and vegetarian foods offer when trying attain their daily-recommended servings of vegetables. Here are five websites that totally rock when it comes to plant based diets.
- http://veganmindedblog.com/
- http://meettheshannons.net/
- http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
- http://veganfeastkitchen.blogspot.com/
- http://www.manifestvegan.com
- Herbivoracious
- http://www.rickiheller.com/
- http://vegannomnoms.net/
- http://cookeasyvegan.blogspot.com/
- http://awesomeveganblog.com/
Gluten-Free
Besides the desire to be healthier and eat better foods, the impact of celiac disease has caused a serious shift in people’s lives. Depending on your dietary needs or the dietary needs of someone you love or care for you may find interest in gluten-free recipes and information. Research, evidence and testimonials suggest that people diagnosed with celiac disease and those with wheat allergies, barley allergies or others related to gluten partake in a healthy gluten-free diet.
- http://nourishingmeals.com/
- http://www.affairsofliving.com
- http://glutenfreegirl.com/
- http://glutenfreemommy.com/
- http://www.celiacchicks.com/
- http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com
- /http://theglutenfreeblogger.com/
- http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/
- http://blog.julesglutenfree.com/
- http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/
Dairy-Free
A healthy dairy-free diet is another option that people are looking into to improve their well-being. If you want to skip the cheese, milk and other dairy or dairy related products for health reasons or simply for a change of pace these websites cover a good range of information for leading a dairy-free lifestyle. While it may seem difficult to go without certain goodies, once informed and given healthy dairy-free alternatives to your favorite foods, like dairy-free ice cream and other dairy-free desserts, you will wonder what took you so long to leave the pasture. 
- http://www.godairyfree.org/
- http://www.foodallergymama.com/
- http://www.thewholegang.org/
- http://www.avoidingmilkprotein.com/
- http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/
- http://www.dairyfreebetty.com/
- http://www.dairyfreechick.com/
- http://www.milkfreemom.com/
- http://www.silvanaskitchen.com/
- http://www.lexieskitchen.com
Food Facts and Information
Occasionally you can encounter long words on ingredient lists that sound like bad science projects. Other times the nutrition facts do not seem as clear as they should be. A bit of curiosity may strike and you now want to find out exactly how many calories are in your favorite yummy snack. Whatever your reason for needing food facts or nutritional information, these sites aim to remove the confusion, clear up misconceptions, educate and inform when it comes to food, food ingredients, nutrition facts and more. Some of it is hard to swallow, some of it is fun but all of it makes you better informed.
- http://www.fooducate.com/blog
- http://foodfacts.com/public/products.cfm
- http://www.calorieking.com/
- http://www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ConsumerInformation/ucm078889.htm
- http://www.dietfacts.com/
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ – USDA National Nutrient Database
- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts
- http://www.foodsafety.gov/
- http://www.exrx.net/Nutrition/Labels.html
- http://www.cornucopia.org/
Diets
Proper diets, you can’t live without them, you can’t live with them. Or can you? To help you avoid the serious scavenger hunting skills required to find some easy to follow, down to Earth diet websites, here are the five I know that can be of use when you need them.
- http://www.iateapie.net/
- http://www.dietsinreview.com/
- http://www.dietgirl.org
- http://www.priorfatgirl.com/
- http://amerrylife.com/
- http://www.learnfitness.com/
- http://www.nothankstocake.com/
- http://authenticallyemmie.com/
- http://blog.fittothefinish.com/
- http://www.yumyucky.com/
I know some of you are saying, “Those aren’t pure diet sites!” You’re right. Some of them aren’t, but they are motivational regarding the process of living a healthy life. Some of which comes down to what food you eat and how much of it. However a good part of the entire process is mental; how you look at yourself and how you look at the world. On some of these sites there are a few precious gems of information buried between the life stories, jokes and occasional rants. I hope you can find some of them and receive the benefits, like I did.
Well, that about sums of the lot of them. So if you are a vegan, vegetarian, meat lover, need to be dairy-free, gluten-free or are just looking for food facts, food information, food recipes or diets, you are covered. It took quite a bit of time to compose the list. There are quite a few I left off. If you have some great sites that you have found helpful in your journey and that you think will be of benefit to others send them in. It is okay if it is your own site. If it fits in the list or is beneficial in some way, hopefully we add it somewhere.
Thank you for reading.
