title: Ruth Winter
text: # 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)
  