Welcome to the Nutrients Database!
Features:
- Displays values for nutrient content of over 8000 food items;
- Data is from the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) database, version SR27;
- Find food items by name or description;
- Filter by one or more of USDA’s 28 food groups;
- Sort according to nutrient content;
- Identify your favorite food items for rapid lookup;
- View nutrient data in list view or as bar graphs;
- Calculates nutrient values for different serving sizes;
- Calculates average nutrient values for the group of food items being displayed;
- Includes nutrients most relevant to a methionine-restricted diet.
See this handout for the principles behind methionine restriction, a diet designed to increase healthy lifespan. It accompanies a talk that I’ve presented to a variety of audiences, entitled “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it“. A pdf file of the slides and speaker notes can be downloaded here.
Using the nutrients database:
Install the free Claris Filemaker Go app on your iPad or iPhone;
Download the database here. In your browser, select the downloads button, then the nutrients database (the filename ends with fmp12), then the “share” icon, and choose the “copy to Filemaker Go” option.