Another modern (fast food) diet paper:

Chesson, L.A., Podlesak, D.W., Thompson, A.H., Cerling, T.E., & 
Ehleringer, J.R. (2008). Variation of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and 
oxygen stable isotope ratios in an American diet: fast food meals. 
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56, 4084-4091.

Werts, Scott wrote:
> Sticking with the corn in modern diets theme, this was just published:
>
> A.H. Jahren, R.A. Kraft*. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in fastfood: Signatures of corn and confinement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(46), 17855-17860. doi: 10.1073 pnas.0809870105.
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> Dr. Scott Werts
> Assistant Professor of Geology
> Winthrop University
> 213A Sims Hall
> Rock Hill, SC.  29733
> Phone:  803-323-4930
> Fax:  803-323-2246
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry on behalf of Marilyn Fogel
> Sent: Thu 1/22/2009 4:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ISOGEOCHEM] Corn Influenced Diet Shifts?
>  
> Dear Folks,
>
> I received this message from a colleague who is teaching students  
> about the influence of corn. Do any of you alert readers have a  
> reference at your fingertips that you could recommend for Charlie?
>
> "Next Tuesday Washington College is hosting a viewing of the movie "King
> Corn," which is a critique of the use of corn products in our country  
> (see
> description below).
>
> One of the most fascinating things I heard about this issue was in one  
> of
> your talks: The stable isotope evidence that Europeans coming to the US
> experience a shift in their carbon isotope ratios in response to the
> corn-heavy diet.  Does that data appear in publication anywhere? I would
> love to bring that up at the viewing of this movie during the discussion
> period."
>
> Marilyn Fogel
>
>
> Dr. Marilyn L. Fogel
> Geophysical Laboratory
> Carnegie Institution of Washington
> 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW
> Washington, DC 20015
> Phone (202) 478-8981
> Main office (202) 478-8900
> FAX (202) 478-8901
> Website: http://fogel.gl.ciw.edu/
>
>   


-- 
Lesley Chesson
Analytical Chemist

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