Elsie Widdowson - Food For Thought

Instrumental in developing a rationing diet for British civilians during World War 2, Elsie Widdowson is a pioneer in the field of nutrition science. She used chemistry to study food nutritional content, vitamins and minerals in food, and what constitutes a healthy diet before the field of nutrition was even invented. Eighty years later Elsie's work is still highly used today, cited informally as "the dietician's bible".  Follow us as we explore the life, history, and the chemical reactions of food in our second episode of The Inventing Herstory Podcast!

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Sources:
Ashwell, M. Elsie Widdowson (1906–2000). Nature  406, 844 (2000).
McCance, R. A., & Widdowson, E. M. Mineral metabolism of healthy adults on white and brown bread dietaries. The Journal of Physiology, 101(1), 44 (1942).
Widdowson, E. M. Adventures in nutrition over half a century. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 39(3), 293-306 (1980).
Schlemmer, U., Frølich, W., Prieto, R. M., & Grases, F. Phytate in foods and significance for humans: food sources, intake, processing, bioavailability, protective role and analysis. Molecular nutrition & food research, 53(S2), S330-S375 (2009).
Salient Women - Biography of Elsie Widdowson, British nutritionist https://www.salientwomen.com/2020/09/24/biography-of-elsie-widdowson-british-nutritionist/
Elsie Widdowson - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Widdowson

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