Dario Shakespeare's quick-links to healthy living (scroll down for hyperlinks) can help you find balanced, non-hyped information you can count on.

Remember, says Dario (right), "Knowledge is power. And when you're in the know, you can make good decisions about your health and the health of your loved ones."

When discussing your health with your doctor based on something you've researched and read, cite your sources specifically. If you say, "I read it on the Internet," it's not likely that your physician will take you seriously. In fact, he might roll his eyes and laugh - or kick you out of his office.

If you say, these facts, figures, assertions and opinions can be found at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plants Database and also at the Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine, you stand a better chance of launching a serious discussion.

Here's the list:

- National Center for Biotechnology Information

- Plants for a Future, Medicinal, Edible and Useful Plants for a Healthier World

- The Herb Society of America

- Medline Plus

- U.S.D.A. Plants Database

- Native America Ethnobotany

- Botanical.COM, A Modern Herbal

- Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Directory of Databases

- National Institutes of Health International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database

- Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HealthFinder.gov

-  BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

- Botanical Image Database, University of Basel (Switzerland)

- Traditional Chinese and Western Herbal Medicine in Humans and Animals

- Dave's Garden Plant Database

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