http://nutritionwonderland.com An in-depth guide to the world of nutrition Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:58:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://nutritionwonderland.com/wp-content/themes/nw_theme/images/NW_Logo_v2.0_144x56px.jpghttp://nutritionwonderland.com400156Nutrition Wonderland is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/what-is-causing-honeybee-colony-collaps/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/what-is-causing-honeybee-colony-collaps/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:19:13 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1512 recently reported on a new discovery in understanding the devastating phenomenon of bee colony collapse disorder (CCD).  Apparently a cocktail of a rare fungus and a virus have been teaming up to decimate bee populations. Image credit: emrank, flickr]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/what-is-causing-honeybee-colony-collaps/feed/ 4 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/why-the-sole-food-movement-is-failing/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/why-the-sole-food-movement-is-failing/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:26:13 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1506 American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields by Rowan Jacobsen. I'm not going to review this title (you can read the one from the Zocalo here) nor am I going to pick on Jacobsen. I'm sure his book is an interesting take on terroir foods as he calls them, picking up where Pollan's Botany of Desire left off. What I am going to do is explain why I think this book represents another step backwards in gaining wider acceptance of SOLE foods.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/why-the-sole-food-movement-is-failing/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/vitamin-b3-niacin-zetia-heart/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/vitamin-b3-niacin-zetia-heart/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:49:25 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1498 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/10/vitamin-b3-niacin-zetia-heart/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/obesity-rates-america-rise-adenovirus/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/obesity-rates-america-rise-adenovirus/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:14:42 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1483 latest examination of obesity rates by the CDC comes to some sobering conclusions about the state of public health in America. Their findings show a block of states, mostly concentrated in the South, now have obesity rates over 30%. Back in 1990, no states were over 20%, making the run-up in the last 20 years remarkable. ]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/obesity-rates-america-rise-adenovirus/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/neurophotonicshuman-being/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/neurophotonicshuman-being/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:12:48 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1474 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/neurophotonicshuman-being/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/food-safety-legislation-s510-stalled/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/food-safety-legislation-s510-stalled/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:36:36 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1469 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/food-safety-legislation-s510-stalled/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/winds-of-change-antibiotics-in-livestock/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/winds-of-change-antibiotics-in-livestock/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:02:34 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1463 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/winds-of-change-antibiotics-in-livestock/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/enviropig-gmo-animals-genetic-age/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/enviropig-gmo-animals-genetic-age/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:22:30 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1456 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/enviropig-gmo-animals-genetic-age/feed/ 1 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/corn-sugar-hfcs-by-a-different-name/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/corn-sugar-hfcs-by-a-different-name/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:23:22 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1446 rticle in the Cleveland daily today about The Corn Refiners Association, the lobbying arm of corn agribusiness, petitioning the FDA to rename high fructose corn syrup, 'Corn Sugar'.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/corn-sugar-hfcs-by-a-different-name/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/nutrition-wonderland-moving-towards-v2-0/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/nutrition-wonderland-moving-towards-v2-0/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:23:16 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1443 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/09/nutrition-wonderland-moving-towards-v2-0/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/book-review-the-fluoride-deception-by-christopher-bryson-water-fluoridation/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/book-review-the-fluoride-deception-by-christopher-bryson-water-fluoridation/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:04:37 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1313 “The Fluoride Deception” by Christopher Bryson. His work paints a picture with enough intrigue to be nominated for an Oscar but remains deftly aware of itself long enough to stay away from hyperbole – most of the time at least. ]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/book-review-the-fluoride-deception-by-christopher-bryson-water-fluoridation/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/fructose-in-disease-great-video/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/fructose-in-disease-great-video/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:48:37 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1284 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/03/fructose-in-disease-great-video/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/nutrition-wonderland-launches-mobile-site-iphone-droid-pre/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/nutrition-wonderland-launches-mobile-site-iphone-droid-pre/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:16:12 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1263 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/nutrition-wonderland-launches-mobile-site-iphone-droid-pre/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/who-owns-organic-update-2010/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/who-owns-organic-update-2010/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:22 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1250 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/who-owns-organic-update-2010/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/genetically-modified-foods-jeffry-smith/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/genetically-modified-foods-jeffry-smith/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:41:06 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1239 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/genetically-modified-foods-jeffry-smith/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/12/ftc-sizing-up-conference-childhood-obesity-food-marketing/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/12/ftc-sizing-up-conference-childhood-obesity-food-marketing/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:01:59 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1179 video games and television regularly are brought out to the whipping post as the cardinal reason for the rapid rise but another view, that of food marketing to youth, has received increasing attention. That attention culminated in a summit put together by the FTC called Sizing Up. We attended - check out what happened.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/12/ftc-sizing-up-conference-childhood-obesity-food-marketing/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/11/seafood-watch-super-green-list/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/11/seafood-watch-super-green-list/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:41 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1161 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/11/seafood-watch-super-green-list/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/food-system-2-0-can-new-approaches-make-local-food-happen/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/food-system-2-0-can-new-approaches-make-local-food-happen/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:30:40 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1126 Tour of America recently. One deals with technology while the other with community. Both are necessary components in what should become Food System 2.0. (Thanks to Flickr User Fazen for the cool shot).]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/food-system-2-0-can-new-approaches-make-local-food-happen/feed/ 8 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/nutrition-wonderland-travels-to-the-intermountain-west/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/nutrition-wonderland-travels-to-the-intermountain-west/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:00:35 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1114 development + agriculture in Oxnard, food safety in Monterey, sustainable farming in Watsonville, and a few other stories we are still putting together.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/10/nutrition-wonderland-travels-to-the-intermountain-west/feed/ 0 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/09/can-biodiversity-and-agriculture-coexist-how-supermetrics-made-wildlife-enemy-1-on-the-farm-day-4/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/09/can-biodiversity-and-agriculture-coexist-how-supermetrics-made-wildlife-enemy-1-on-the-farm-day-4/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:19:05 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1095 Homo sapien. As super hunters, we first decimated the populations of any large animals we found in Africa. It's from that background we begin to examine a tough question – can biodiversity exist in a world of monocrop staples like corn and rice, amphibian crushing pesticides, and food safety protocols that explicitly make farmers keep sterile fields free of small animals? The answers are varied from those we have spoken to on the Nutrition Wonderland Tour of America.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/09/can-biodiversity-and-agriculture-coexist-how-supermetrics-made-wildlife-enemy-1-on-the-farm-day-4/feed/ 0