Environmental Nutrition (EN) is the award-winning, independent newsletter that opens your eyes to what you put in your mouth.

Are you floundering in the swamp of conflicting advice on low-carb diets, vitamin E, eating fish, genetically modified foods? EN offers authoritative, reliable, practical guidance on what works and what doesn't in balancing your diet to protect against disease, manage your weight, minimize risk from pesticides, and live a longer, healthier life.

Every month, the EN editorial team reviews scores of research reports, talks to the experts and the regulators pro and con, analyzes the information and provides sensible, practical--and sometimes surprising--bottom-line guidance on foods that will, for instance, help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer or diabetes.

Among as many as 15 articles a month are also cutting-edge reports on questionable "miracle" supplements and cautions on food safety as well as succinct updates on current research. EN's popular "Nutrition Comparison" charts shopping shortcuts by check-marking best buys among brand-name foods.

A "newsletter that gets things right," said the New York Times.

THE EDITORIAL TEAM
EN's chief editors and writers, all nutrition experts, are dedicated to providing readers up-to-date, accurate information in clear, concise English--no jargon.

Editor: Susan Male Smith, M.A., R.D.
Editor-in-chief since 1997, Susan Male Smith has been associated with EN as a writer and editor since 1982. Co-author of several books, including Fat-Fighting Foods: Low-Fat Foods for a Healthier You and (with Densie Webb) Foods for Better Health, Ms. Smith has been a regular columnist for Family Circle magazine and a contributor to Redbook and American Health magazines. She has also worked as a clinical dietitian and an investigator of food and health claims.

Associate Editor: Densie Webb, Ph.D., R.D.
Author of seven books including The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! (with Carolyn O'Neil) and co-editor of ConsumerLab.com's Guide to Buying Vitamins & Supplements: What's Really In The Bottle?, Dr. Webb has been health editor of McCall's magazine, and a frequent contributor to The New York Times and Parade. A writer and editor for EN since 1983, she also writes for GreatLife magazine and the American Botanical Council.

Consulting Editor: Dinah Witchel, M.A.
Dinah Witchel is a writer and editor who has worked for The New York Times and national magazines. She serves as EN's copy editor and advises on editorial style. She is also a consultant on EN's website (www.environmentalnutrition.com) and hones her online skills teaching computer classes.

Contributing Editors:

Linda Antinoro, L.D.N., R.D., J.D.
Linda Antinoro has been associated with EN as a writer since 1990 and as a contributing editor since 2001. She is the author or co-author of numerous articles in medical journals and currently practices as a senior nutritionist at the Nutrition Consultation Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Adrienne Forman, M.S., R.D.
Adrienne Forman has been a writer for EN since 1988 and a contributing editor since 1993. Formerly a senior nutritionist with Weight Watchers International, she has also served as a nutrition and health communications consultant to corporate clients.

Anastasia Schepers, M.S., R.D.
Anastasia Schepers has worked extensively in clinical nutrition in hospitals and as a nutrition consultant and educator. She is co-author (with Densie Webb) of The Complete Brand Name Guide to Microwaveable Foods. Most recently, she has developed an interest in promoting health among children and has instituted elementary school Walk-to-School and lunchtime Fruit Cart programs.

Julie Walsh Upton, M.S., R.D.
Julie Walsh Upton is a New York City media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and a frequent guest on national and local television and radio stations. She has also written regularly on nutrition and sports for national publications. A competitive athlete, she finished the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, among other notable events.

Elizabeth Ward, M.S., R.D.
Elizabeth M. Ward is the author or co-author of several books, including Super Nutrition After 50 (with Densie Webb). Her latest book is The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler. Ward also writes regularly for other publications including Parenting and The Boston Globe.

Hillary Wright, M.Ed., R.D.
A founder of New Vision Nutrition, a private nutrition consulting practice, Hillary Wright is also a nutrition educator for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and has been a nutrition instructor at Tufts University School of Medicine, Northeastern University, and other Boston area colleges. She has written for numerous newspapers and web sites.

THE HISTORY
The 1970's was the heyday of fad diets, ranging from Zen macrobiotics to grapefruit and noodles for weight loss. There was little, if any, reliable information on food and nutrition for health-conscious consumers or even for specialists concerned with diet and health.

Environmental Nutrition was founded in 1977 to fill that gap. Since then, EN has been offering accurate and timely reports about food, nutrition and health and their relationship to the environment. Without jumping on every passing bandwagon, EN has kept an open mind about new developments in diet and nutrition, including organic foods, the ups (and downs) of caffeine and ephedra, the bottom lines on trans fats and soy.

EN plans to continue "getting it right" with current nutrition news and guidance that will help readers live long and healthy lives for many years to come.