[Earlier][1] I lamented the lack of complete information and good interface on [CNN][2] and [About.com][3]'s nutrition pages. Well, check out [Roy Walford][4]'s page. Walford is the UCLA gerontologist researching the effects of a reduced calorie diet on life span. The site includes a [decent search interface][5] to the complete USDA nutrition database. You can also download a Windows program to do the search for you.

[1]: 2000_01_01_blog_archive.html#Saturday, January 15, 2000 [2]: http://cnn.com/FOOD/resources/ [3]: http://nutrition.about.com/health/nutrition/library/foodfind/blfoodfind.htm [4]: http://www.walford.com/ [5]: http://www.best.com/~yarrow/Usda_data/foods_db.html