Angela Dowden is a British health journalist, author, and Registered Nutritionist. She has nearly 30 years’ experience bringing food, nutrition, and health science to life for international audiences through her print and online work. After gaining an honors degree in food science, I worked—of all places—in the supplement industry. It was on the more ethical end, but it still exposed me to dubious claims and sharpened my skepticism.

I’d always loved writing, and my break came when my boss, a science editor for a magazine who disliked the actual writing, asked me to write his articles. I quickly moved on to freelance writing for national newspapers and popular magazines, back when print was king.

I started writing for ACSH while living in California, where I spent nearly six years. It's a natural hom for my interests and hits my writing sweet spot: accessible consumer journalism with plenty of science behind it.