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/2010/03/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/2010/02/gmos-does-regulation-ensure-safety/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/gmos-does-regulation-ensure-safety/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:21:59 +0000 Christie Wilcox http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1276 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/gmos-does-regulation-ensure-safety/feed/ 6 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/gmos-frankenfood-or-evolutionary-advance/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/gmos-frankenfood-or-evolutionary-advance/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:22:40 +0000 Christie Wilcox http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1255 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/02/gmos-frankenfood-or-evolutionary-advance/feed/ 1 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/2009/06/nestle-cookie-dough-recall-suspected-ecoli-0157h7-outbreak-in-26-states/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/nestle-cookie-dough-recall-suspected-ecoli-0157h7-outbreak-in-26-states/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:46:54 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=693 press release early reports that Nestle Toll House brand raw cookie dough was giving many people E.coli 0157:H7 infections by voluntarily recalling their entire line of products. Early reports from Bill Marler, food safety litigator, and a press release from the state of Colorado gave indications that a current rash of E.coli 0157:H7 cases across the country were tied to eating raw cookie dough (but this has still not been confirmed). (Image provided by NestleUSA)]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/nestle-cookie-dough-recall-suspected-ecoli-0157h7-outbreak-in-26-states/feed/ 2 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/food-safety-enhancement-act-hr-2749/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/food-safety-enhancement-act-hr-2749/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:38:46 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=676 Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) moved out of subcommittee for a vote in the US House. UPDATE: It has now formally also moved out of committee for a real vote on the House floor.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/06/food-safety-enhancement-act-hr-2749/feed/ 14 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/04/food-safety-policy-hr-875-hr-759/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/04/food-safety-policy-hr-875-hr-759/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:00:08 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=483 pistachios and peanut butter in the US, there has been a large response from the public to better safeguard the food supply. Here we review some of the options currently being discussed against the wisdom of some leading food safety professionals.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/04/food-safety-policy-hr-875-hr-759/feed/ 4 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/food-safety-recent-history/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/food-safety-recent-history/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:01:12 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=399 Peanut Corporation of America had a salmonella outbreak in one of their factories, contaminating the majority of peanut-butter containing products in the United States. Here, we review the recent history of food borne illnesses and how they relate to the consolidation of the food industry.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/food-safety-recent-history/feed/ 4 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/something-fishy-about-intelligence/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/something-fishy-about-intelligence/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:19:21 +0000 Christie Wilcox http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=342 research from Sweden found that a fish-laden diet improved the cognitive performance of teenage boys even when a whole slew of other variables were taken into account. [Great photo thanks to Jacob Bøtter's generous licensing over at Flickr]]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/03/something-fishy-about-intelligence/feed/ 9 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/stevia-controversy/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/stevia-controversy/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:25:30 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=250 we covered the history of saccharin (another artificial sweetener) and the science behind rebiana, the latest sweetener in both Truvia and PureVia. Now, in our final view of Truvia and PureVia we take a look at the political history of stevia - the base of rebiana, opinions of some of the major players in this debate and offer our final views on the subject.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/stevia-controversy/feed/ 87 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/science-truvia-and-purevia-rebiana/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/science-truvia-and-purevia-rebiana/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:01:18 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=227 real, zero calorie sweetener has been a goal of many agribusiness giants for some time but have Truvia and PureVia been adequately tested? Nutrition Wonderland has gone through the science surrounding these new sweeteners and spoken with some major industry players to get the scoop. We have found some positives and some serious negatives, which we will review here.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/science-truvia-and-purevia-rebiana/feed/ 42 http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/truvia-purevia-past-future/ http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/truvia-purevia-past-future/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:42:54 +0000 John Serrao http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=152 Truvia and PureVia that are being released into the American food supply in the first half of 2009. They are derivative of a naturally sweet plant called Stevia, which has been used around the world for quite some time now to sweeten drinks and native dishes. But before we dig deeply into the science around the new Stevia-based sweeteners, we think it would instructive to learn the history of synthetic sweeteners in America - as the past is usually the best predictor of the future.]]> http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/02/truvia-purevia-past-future/feed/ 11