About On Nutrition

Written by Ed Blonz, On Nutrition covers topics ranging from the relationship between red meat and colon cancer to potential problems with the use of herbs or weight-loss shakes.

"It is difficult for most nutrition writers to critically examine studies because they lack training in the sciences. As a trained scientist, I'm able to make complicated information more understandable and user-friendly for readers," says Blonz.

While dispelling myths and explaining important new findings, Blonz clarifies nutrition questions with easy-to-understand, concise information, empowering readers to make their own decisions through a better understanding of foods and nutrition.

About Ed Blonz

Ed Blonz holds master's and doctorate degrees in nutrition from the University of California at Davis and is on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco. His master's work was on the topic of food toxicology, and his doctoral research was on the role of insulin in the development of obesity. Formerly on the University of Minnesota faculty, Dr. Blonz is a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, and the American Society for Nutrition. He is a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists, and a Fellow of the Obesity Society. Blonz won the James Beard Foundation Award for his writing on diet, nutrition and health, is the author of eight books, and currently serves on the editorial board of the University of California, Berkeley, Wellness Letter. Dr. Blonz analyzes metabolic issues to help understand public health dilemmas and biochemical mysteries, and has published articles on the obesity epidemic, the Ebola and Zika viruses, ways to detect and prevent the processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease, and issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.