Ruth Winter

Ruth Grosman Winter (born May 29, 1930) is an American journalist and science writer.

Biography
Ruth Grosman was born in Newark, New Jersey. She graduated B.A. from Upsala College in 1951, and obtained a Master of Science from Pace University in 1989.

Winter worked as a journalist (1951–1955) and science editor (1956–1959) for the Newark Star Ledger. She worked as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate (1974–1978) and from 1981, the Register and Tribune Syndicate. She has written on food safety, health and medicine. Winter is a past President of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (1977–1978).

She married Arthur Winter, a neurosurgeon, on June 16, 1955; he died in 2011. She has several children.

Awards and honors
She received awards from the Arthritis Foundation, the American Dental Association and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Selected works
• Poisons in Your Food (1969)

• How to Reduce Your Medical Bills (1970)

• Beware of the Food You Eat (1971)

• So You Have a Pain in the Neck (1974)

• Don't Panic! (1975)

• The Fragile Bond: Marriage Now (1976)

• The Smell Book (1976)

• Triumph Over Tension (1976)

• A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (1977)

• Scent Talk Among Animals (1977)

• Cancer-Causing Agents: A Preventive Guide (1979)

• The Scientific Case Against Smoking (1980)

• Eat Right Be Bright (1988)

• A Consumer's Dictionary of Household, Yard, and Office Chemicals (1992)

• A Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines (1993)

• Consumer's Guide to Free Medical Information by Phone and by Mail (1993, with Arthur Winter)

• Super Soy: The Miracle Bean (1996)

• A Consumer's Dictionary Of Cosmetic Ingredients (1999)

• Build Your Brain Power (1999, with Arthur Winter)

• Brain Workout (2003, with Arthur Winter)

• So What Can I Eat?! (2006, with Elisa Zied)

• Smart Food: Diet and Nutrition for Maximum Brain Power (2007, with Arthur Winter)

• The Anti-Aging Hormones (2013)

• Vitamin E (2013)