Food as Medicine Resources

We’ve compiled a list of resources for those who want to dedicate more time and continue to explore the science of food as medicine.

Food as Medicine Guidelines

• Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
• Australian Dietary Guidelines
• Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
• Australiasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy – Allergy prevention

Food as Medicine Organisations/Associations

• Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
• Better Health Channel
• Association for Nutrition
• Nutrition Society of Australia
• BDA The Association of UK Dietitians
• Nutrition Australia
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Centre for Eating Disorders
• The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)
• Centre for Genetics Education
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Australian Health Survey
• National Office of Dietary Supplements

Food as Medicine Journals/Articles

• National Geographic – What the World Eats
• The Conversation: Orthorexia nervosa: when righteous eating becomes an obsession
• Nutrient Reference Values (Australia)
• United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
• Phytonutrients
• Antioxidants: Beyond the Hype
• Bristol Stool Chart
• Glycaemic Index
• Coeliac disease

These papers and articles are included to help demonstrate some of the research in this area, but we do not expect you to purchase a subscription to read the full paper. Hopefully, just reading the summary provided in the free abstract will be sufficient for those that are wanting to know more about this study.

• Associations between food and beverage groups and major diet-related chronic diseases: an exhaustive review of pooled/meta-analyses and systematic reviews
• Should foods or nutrients be the focus of guidelines to promote healthful eating? – Green, H. Should foods or nutrients be the focus of guidelines to promote healthful eating?, Nutrition Bulletin, 40, 296–302
• Foods and dietary profiles associated with ‘food addiction’ in young adults – Pursey K, Stanwell P, Collins C, Burrows T. Foods and dietary profiles associated with ‘food addiction’ in young adults. Addicitve Behaviours Reports. 2015;2:41-8.
• Fiber and Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Health Benefits – Slavin.J, Fiber and Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Health Benefits, Nutrients 2013, 5, 1417-1435
• Obesity and Appetite Control – Suzuki K, Jayasena CN, Bloom SR. Obesity and appetite control. Exp Diabetes Res 2012;2012:824305.

Food as Medicine Books

• Understanding Nutrition (Australia and New Zealand Edition) – Whitney.E, et al, Second Edition 2014
• Food: A Culinary History (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism): Edited by Jean-Louis Flandrin and Massimo Montanari