Gregg,

        One question about this "most important professional association" . . .

        Does it endorse the "food pyramid" -- e.g., lots of grains and dairy --
promoted by almost every establishment nutritionist?

Robert

Gregg Carter wrote:
>
> Staffan-- the scientific thinking has gone far beyond armchair
> hypothesizing regarding phytochemicals.
> The American Society for Nutritional Sciences -- based
> on their evaluation of information presented in peer-reviewed scientific
> reports -- has published the following position statement regarding
> one large class of phytochemicals:
>
> [For those unfamiliar with this organization, the ASNS is one of the most
> important professional associations concerned with nutrition in the
> acadmic world; it publishes the scientific journal The Journal of
> Nutrition, whose current editor is in the Department of Biochemistry at
> the  University of Wisconsin-Madison.]