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Tools & Calculators on Nutrition
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Want to know how many calories you just used - these tools and calculators will help you figure it out, and a lot more.

A Food Guide for Vegetarians
The Mayo Clinic's guide to healthful vegetarian diets.

Activity Calorie Counter
The About.com guide to exercise has developed a great tool to compare calories burned between various activities.

Calorie Expenditure Calculator
OnHealth's calculator tool - also includes body mass index, target heart rate, flexibility, muscular endurance - and pregnancy due date.

Calories Used Calculator
Phys.com has a way to figure out the approximate number of calories burned by swimming based on your gender, weight, duration of exercise, and intensity level.

Food Categories
Want to see dietary information in a food label format? Use this tool from cyberdiet to find the nutritional breakdown of your favorite foods.

Food Diary from the Shape-up Club
Keeping a food diary is the best way to learn about your eating habits. This unique tracking system allows you to monitor your progress. Just print it out and enter the number of portions you eat each day.

Nutrition Calculators I
Tools to help you analyze your caloric, fat, protein, and carbohydrate needs, as well as ways to determine your "ideal" weight, from Phys.com.

Nutrition Calculators II
These calculators will help you determine "ideal" body weight and caloric needs, from the West Virginia Dietetic Association.

The Calorie Wizard
Calculates your caloric needs, considering a wide range of activities, from Race Center.

The Food Guide Pyramid for Vegetarians
The Vegetarian Resource Group's take on the traditional food pyramid.

The Food Guide Pyramid
The US Government's guide to healthful eating choices.

The Nutrition Analysis Tool
This walks you through a step by step on-line tool to build a daily menu with a nutritional breakdown, from the University of Illinois Extension.

The Personal Nutritionist
Phys.com will help you analyze your current diet and suggest ways to make it more nutritionally complete.

The Snack-O-Matic
This little tool from Phys.com helps you make wise snacking decisions

What are you Eating?
A guide to keeping a food diary, from InteliHealth.

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