Louis E. Grivetti, Ph.D.

Selected Publications

• Grivetti, L. E. Informazione o Disinformazione: ResponsabilitI Degli Educatori Nutrizionali [Information or Mis-Information: Responsibilities of Nutrition Educators]. pp. 112-133 (in) Atti dela Convegno L’informazione Alimentare. Mangiare Meglio per Vivere Meglio. Milan: Selezione dal Reader’s Digest, 1988.
• Smith, G. N. and L .E. Grivetti. Church of the East. From Ancient Times Through World War One. Yearbook, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. 1989;51: 101-123.
• McArthur, L. H., L. E. Grivetti, and H. G. Schutz. Health Food Store Shopping Practices and Rationale of International Students and Students from the United States. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1989;23: 211-224.
• Shack, K. W., L. E. Grivetti, and K. G. Dewey. Effects of Resettlement on Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children in Lowland Papua New Guinea. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1990;24: 37-54.
• Shack, K. W., K. G. Dewey, and L. E. Grivetti Effects of Resettlement on the Dietary Intakes of Mothers and Children in Lowland Papua New Guinea. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1990;24: 55-70.
• Shack, K. W., L. E. Grivetti, and K. G. Dewey. Cash Cropping, Subsistence Agriculture, and Nutritional Status among Mothers and Children in Lowland Papua New Guinea. Social Science and Medicine. 1990;31: 61-68.
• Smidt, L. J., F. M. Cremin, L. E. Grivetti, A. J. Clifford. Influence of Folate Status and Polyphenol Intake on Thiamin Status of Irish Women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1990;52: 1077-1082.
• McArthur, L. H., L. E. Grivetti, and H. G. Schutz. Practices, Beliefs and Knowledge of International and U. S. Students Regarding Food Supplements and Health Foods. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1990;24: 233-249.
• Smidt, L. J., F. M. Cremin, L. E. Grivetti, and A. J. Clifford. Influence of Thiamin Supplementation on the Health and General Well-Being of an Elderly Irish Population with Marginal Thiamin Deficiency. Journal of Gerontology. 1991;46: M16-22.
• Grivetti, L. E. Nutrition Past — Nutrition Today. Prescientific Origins of Nutrition and Dietetics. Part 1. Legacy of India. Nutrition Today. 1991;26(1): 13-24.
• Grivetti, L. E. Nutrition Past — Nutrition Today. Prescientific Origins of Nutrition and Dietetics. Part 2. Legacy of the Mediterranean. Nutrition Today. 1991;26(4): 18-29.
• Grivetti, L. E. Nutrition Past — Nutrition Today. Prescientific Origins of Nutrition and Dietetics. Part 3. Legacy of China. Nutrition Today. 1991;26(6): 6-17.
• Grivetti, L. E. Nutritional Geography. pp. 126-127 (in) Modern Geography. An Encyclopedic Survey. Edited by G. Dunbar. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.
• Stern, J. S., D. C. Chen, S. Saitoh, Y. Shimomura, M. Suzuki, L. E. Grivetti. Eat More Rice (EMR). A Study to Increase Rice Consumption in Americans. pp. 141-145 (in) Obesity. Dietary Factors and Control. Edited by D.R. Romsos. Basel: Karger, 1991.
• Grivetti, L. E. Clash of Cuisines. Notes on Christoforo Colombo 1492-1503. Nutrition Today. 1992;26(2): 13-15.
• Stevens, D. A., L. E. Grivetti, R. B. McDonald. Nutrient Intake of Urban and Rural Elderly Receiving Home Delivered Meals. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 1992;92: 714-718.
• Grivetti, L. E. Nutrition Past — Nutrition Today. Prescientific Origins of Nutrition and Dietetics. Part 4. Aztec Patterns and Spanish Legacy. Nutrition Today. 1992;27(3): 13-25.
• Romero-Gwynn, E., D. Gwynn, B. Turner, G. Stanford, E. West, E. Williamson, L. Grivetti, and R. McDonald. Dietary Change Among Latinos of Mexican Descent in California. California Agriculture. 1992;46(4): 10-12.
• Uhle, A. F., and L .E. Grivetti. Alpine and Brazilian Swiss Food Patterns After a Century of Isolation. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1993;29:119-138.
• Humphry, C., M.S. Clegg, C. Keen, and L.E.Grivetti. Food Diversity and Drought Survival. The Hausa Example. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1993;44:1-16.
• Romero-Gwynn, E., D. Gwynn, L. Grivetti, R. McDonald, G. Stanford, B. Turner, E. West, and E. Williamson. Dietary Acculturation among Latinos of Mexican Descent. Nutrition Today. 1993;28(4):6-12.
• Matalas, A., and L.E. Grivetti. Mediterranean Diet. Food Pattern Comparison Between 19th and 20th Century Greek Sailors. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1993;44:261-279
• Kurowski, H., S. Gospe, L.E. Grivetti, F.J. Zeman. Nutritional Factors and Anticonvulsant Drug Therapies: Effect on Growth Retardation in Children with Seizures. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1993;58:858-861.
• Matalas, A.-L. and L.E. Grivetti. The Diet of Nineteenth-Century Greek Sailors: An Analysis of the Log of the Konstantinos. Food and Foodways. 1993;5:353-389.
• Grivetti, L.E. Morning Meals: North American and Mediterranean Breakfast Patterns. The European Anglo-Saxon Heritage. Nutrition Today. 1995;30:24-29.
• Grivetti, L.E., L.M. Bui, and L.T. Vuong. Nutrition in Vietnam: Historical Topics and Contemporary Research Opportunities. International Child Health. 1995;6:11-24.
• Grivetti, L.E. Morning Meals: North American and Mediterranean Breakfast Patterns. Part 2. America At Breakfast. Nutrition Today. 1995;30:128-134.
• Smith, G.C., M.S. Clegg, C.L. Keen, and L.E. Grivetti. Mineral Values of Selected Plant Foods Common to Southern Burkina Faso and to Niamey, Niger, West Africa. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1995;47:41-53.
• Smith, G.C., S.R. Dueker, A.J. Clifford, and L.E. Grivetti. Carotenoid Values of Selected Plant Foods Common to Southern Burkina Faso, West Africa. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1996;35:43-58.
• Grivetti, L.E., E.A. Applegate, P.M. Clarkson, A.C. Grandjean, R.B. McDonald, and C.M. Tipton. From Ancient Olympia to Modern Atlanta. Celebration of the Olympic Centennial. Nutrition Today. 1996;31(6): 241-249.
• Applegate, E.A., Clarkson, P.M., Grandjean, A.C., Grivetti, L., McDonald, R.B., and C.M. Tipton. Introduction. Sympsium: Nutrition and Physical Performance: A Century of Progress and Tribute to the Modern Olympic Movement. Journal of Nutrition. 1997;127:857S-859S.
• Grivetti, L.E. and E.A. Applegate. From Olympia to Atlanta: A Cultural-historical Perspective on Diet and Athletic Training. Symposium: Nutrition and Physical Performance: A Century of Progress and Tribute to the Modern Olympic Movement. Journal of Nutrition. 1997;127:860S-868S.
• Applegate, E.A. and L.E. Grivetti. Search for the competitive edge. A history of dietary fads and supplements. Symposium: Nutrition and Physical Performance: A Century of Progress and Tribute to the Modern Olympic Movement. Journal of Nutrition. 1997;127:869S-873S.
• Applegate, E.A., Baumgartner, B., Clarkson, P.M., Grivetti, L.E., Haislett, N., McDonald, R.B., Mills, B. and A. Oerter. Gold medal roundtable: Athlete Presentations, Audience Questions, and Summary Statements. Symposium: Nutrition and Physical Performance: A Century of Progress and Tribute to the Modern Olympic Movement. Journal of Nutrition. 1997;127:886S-892S.
• Grivetti, L. E. Morning Meals. North American and Mediterranean Breakfast Patterns. Part 3. Mediterranean Patterns and Summary. Nutrition Today. 1997;32(4): 1-8.
• Grivetti, L. E. Social Determinants of Food Intake. pp. 121-131 In: Nutritional Implications of Macronutrient Substitutes. New York Academy of Science. 1997; Volume 819. Edited by G. H. Anderson, B. J. Rolls, and D. G. Steffen. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 121-131.
• Glew, R. H., D.J. VanderJagt, C. Lockett, L. E. Grivetti, G. C. Smith, A. Pastuszyn, and M. Millson. Amino Acid, Fatty Acid, and Mineral Composition of 24 Indigenous Plants of Burkina Faso. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 1998;10: 205-217.
• xGrivetti, L., D. Leon, K. Rasmussen, P. S. Shetty, R. Steckel, and J. Villar. Report of the IDECG Working Group on Variation in Fetal Growth and Adult Disease. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1998;52: S102-103.
• Dillinger, T. L., S. C. Jett, M. J. Macri, and L. E. Grivetti. Feast or Famine? Supplemental Food Programs and Their Impact on Rural and Urban Native Americans. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1999;50: 173-187.
• Carpenter, M. F., E. A. Laca, and L. E. Grivetti. Linking Livestock Production to Human Nutrition in Kazakstan. pp. 158-168 In: Proceedings: Heifer Project International Symposium on Human Nutrition and Livestock in the Developing World. Edited by B. A. Miller. Little Rock, Arkansas: Heifer Project International, 1999.
• Grivetti, L. E. Muslim Food- and Health-Related Behaviors. Pregnancy and Postnatal Periods. pp. 82-89 In: Proceedings, Cultural and Historical Aspects of Foods. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Edited by M. W. Kelsey and Z-A Holmes. Corvallis, Oregon: Nutrition and Food Management College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University, 1999.
• Grivetti, L. E. Sound Nutrition in the Midst of Poverty. The Otomí Revisited. pp. 90 – 98 In: Proceedings, Cultural and Historical Aspects of Foods. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Edited by M.W. Kelsey and Z-A Holmes. Corvallis, Oregon: Nutrition and Food Management College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University, 1999.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. Corlett, C. Lockett. Classic American Foods. A Cultural-Historical Retrospective. pp. 99 – 115 In: Proceedings, Cultural and Historical Aspects of Foods. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Edited by M. W. Kelsey and Z-A Holmes. Corvallis, Oregon: Nutrition and Food Management College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University, 1999.
• Wada, J. Y., B. Pogosian, Y. Yamani, and L. E. Grivetti. Japanese Festival Foods. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1999;38: 307-350.
• Matalas, A. -L., C. E. Franti, and L. E. Grivetti. Comparative Study of Diets and Disease Prevalence in Greek Chians. Part 1. The Rural and Urban Residents of Chios. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1999;38: 351-380.
• Matalas, A.-L., C. E. Franti, and L. E. Grivetti. Comparative Study of Diets and Disease Prevalence in Greek Chians. Part 2. Emigrants Residing in Athens and the United States. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1999;38: 381-414.
• Grivetti, L. E. and B. M. Ogle. Value of Traditional Foods in Meeting Macro- and Micronutrient Needs: The Wild Plant Connection. Nutrition Research Reviews. 2000;13: 1-16.
• Lockett, C., and L. E. Grivetti. Food-Related Behaviors During Drought. A Study of Rural Fulani, Northeastern Nigeria. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.2000;51: 91-107.
• Lockett, C., C. C. Calvert, and L. E. Grivetti. Energy and MicronutrientComposition of Dietary and Medicinal Wild Plants Consumed During Drought. Study of Rural Fulani, Northeastern Nigeria. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2000;51: 195-208.
• Dillinger, T. L., P. Barriga, S. Escarcega, M. Jimenez, D. S. Lowe, and L. E. Grivetti. Food of the Gods – Cure for Humanity? A Cultural History of the Medicinal and Ritual Use of Chocolate. Journal of Nutrition. 2000;130 (Supplement): 2057S-2072S.
• Grivetti, L. G. Nutritional Geography. History and Trends. Nutritional Anthropology. 2000;23(2): 1-16.
• Reed, B. A. and L. E. Grivetti. Controlling On-Farm Inventories of Bulk-Tank Raw Milk. An Opportunity to Protect Public Health. Journal of Dairy Science. 2001;83: 1-4.
• Grivetti, L. E. Mediterranean Food Patterns. The View from Antiquity. Ancient Greeks and Romans. pp. 3-30 In. The Mediterranean Diet. Edited by A-L. Matala, A. Zampelas, V. Stavrinos, and I. Wolinsky. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001; pp. 3-30.
• Grivetti, L. G. Psychological and Cultural Aspects of Energy. Nutrition Reviews. 59 (1): 2001;S5-S12.
• Bloom, K. J., and L. E. Grivetti. The Mysterious History of Partridge Poisoning. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 2001;56: 68-76.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 1. Maize. Bountiful Gifts: America on the Eve of European Colonization (Antiquity to 1565). Nutrition Today. 2001;36(1): 19-28.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 2. Turkey. Birth of a Nation: Colonialization to the Revolution (1565 – 1776). Nutrition Today. 2001;36(2): 88-96.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 3. Beans. Revolution and Expansion: The Frontier Experience (1776 – 1848). Nutrition Today. 2001;36(2) 172-181.
• Corlett, J. L., Clegg, M. S., Keen, C. L., & Grivetti, L. E. Mineral content of culinary and medicinal plants cultivated by Hmong refugees living in Sacramento, California. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2002;53: 117-128.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 5. Pork. A Nation Divided: The American Civil War Era (1861- 1865). Nutrition Today. 2002;37(3): 110-117.
• Grivetti, L. E. Dietary Supplements in American Children. Scientific vs. Marketing Justifications. Nutrition Today. 2002;37(3): 128-129.
• Dalsin, M. F., E. A. Laca, G. Abuova, and L. E. Grivetti. Livestock- Owning Households of Kazakstan. Part 1. Food Systems. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 2002;41:301-343.
• Dalsin, M. F., E. A. Laca, G. Abuova, and L. E. Grivetti. Livestock- Owning Households of Kazakstan. Part 2. Food Patterns and Health. Seasonal and Regional Analysis. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 2002;41:345-371.
• Johnson, N., and L. E. Grivetti. Environmental Change in Northern Thailand. Impact on Wild Edible Plant Available. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 2002;41: 373-399.
• Johnson, N., and L. E. Grivetti. Gathering Practices of Karen Women. Questionable Contribution to Beta-Carotene Intake. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2002;53: 489-501.
• Corlett, J. L., E. A. Dean, L. E. Grivetti. Hmong Gardens. Botanical Diversity in an Urban Setting. Economic Botany. 2003;57:365-379
• Grivetti, L. E. and T. Wilson. A Brief History of Human Beverage Consumption. Pre-history to the Present. In: Beverage Impacts on Health and Nutrition. Edited by T. Wilson and N. J. Temple, Nutrition and Health Series, Humana Press. Beverages in Nutrition and Health. 2004;1:3-18.
• Grivetti, L. E. Ethical and Ethnical Requirements in the Production of Food. Journal of Food Science. 2004;69(1): 20-28.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, B. M. Gordon, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 6. Beef (Part 1). Reconstruction and Growth: Into the 20th Century (1865-1910). Nutrition Today. 2004;39(1): 18-24.
• Grivetti, L. E. J. L. Corlett, B. M. Gordon, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 6. Beef (Part 2). Reconstruction and Growth: Into the 20th Century (1865-1910). Nutrition Today. 2004;39(3): 1-11.
• Grivetti, L. E. Cultural Aspects of Nutrition. The Integration of Art and Science. The Oxford Brookes University Lectures, 2003. Oxford, England: Information Press (275 pp.).
• Grivetti, L. E. Wine in Health and Social Commentary. From Hippocrates to Athenaeus. Laetaberis. New Series. 2005;15: 27-54.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 7. Wheat. Best of Times, Worst of Times (1910-1941). Nutrition Today. 2005;40:138-148.
• Grivetti, L. E. Edible Wild Plants as Food and as Medicine: Reflections on Thirty Years of Fieldwork. 2006. pp. 11 – 38 In: Eating and Healing. Traditional Food as Medicine. Edited by A. Pieroni and L. L. Price. New York, New York: Haworth Press.
• Lange, M. and L. Grivetti. Have Your Chocolate and Eat It Too: Integrating Concept Maps into a Content Management Framework with Relational Database Connectivity. 2006. Vol. 2, pp. 126-129 In: Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology. A. J. Cañas and J. D. Novak Editors. 2 Vols. San José, Costa Rica: University of Costa Rica Press.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 8. Potatoes. World War II: Home Front and Abroad (1941-1945). Nutrition Today. 2007;41: 125-130.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, and C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 9. Chicken. Cold War and Social Upheaval: Through the Atomic Age and Vietnam to the American Bicentennial (1945-1976). Nutrition Today. 2007;42:28-36.
• Grivetti, L. E., J. L. Corlett, B. Gordon, C. T. Lockett. Food in American History. Part 10. Greens. Bicentennial to Tercentennial: Earth Bound, Reaching for Mars (1976-2076). Nutrition Today. 2007;42(2): 88-94.
• Grivetti, L. E. and H-Y. Shapiro (Editors). Chocolate: History, Culture, Heritage. 2009. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 975 pages.
• Chapters and Appendices in publication 136:
  • Chapter 3. Grivetti, L. E., and B. Cabezon. Ancient Gods and Christian Celebrations: Chocolate and Religion.
  • Chapter 4. Cabezon, B., P. Barriga, and L. E. Grivetti. Chocolate and Sinful Behaviors: Inquisition Testimonies.
    Chapter 6. Grivetti, L. E. Medicinal Chocolate in New Spain, Western Europe, and North America.
  • Chapter 7. Grivetti, L. E. Chocolate and the Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1764.
  • Chapter 8. Grivetti, L. E. From Bean to Beverage: Historical Chocolate Recipes.
  • Chapter 19. Grivetti, L. E. “C” is for Chocolate: Chocolate and Cacao as Educational Themes in 18th Century North America.
  • Chapter 20. Grivetti, L. E. Chocolate, Crime, and the Courts: Selected English Trial Documents, 1693-1834.
  • Chapter 21. Grivetti, L. E. Dark Chocolate: Chocolate and Crime in North America and Elsewhere.
  • Chapter 27. Grivetti, L. E. Boston Chocolate: Newspaper Articles and Advertisements, 1705-1825.
  • Chapter 33. Cabezon, B., P. Barriga, and L. E. Grivetti. Blood, Conflict, and Faith: Chocolate in the Southeast and Southwest Borderlands, 1641-1833.
  • Chapter 34. Grivetti, L. E., P. Barriga, and B. Cabezon. Sailors, Soldiers, and Padres: California Chocolate, 1542? – 1840.
  • Chapter 51. Cabezon, B., and L. E. Grivetti. Symbols from Ancient Times: Paleography and the St. Augustine Chocolate Saga.
  • Chapter 55. Grivetti, L. E. Blue and Gray Chocolate: Searching for American Civil War Chocolate References.
  • Chapter 56. Grivetti, L. E. and H.-Y. Shapiro. Chocolate Futures: Promising Areas for Further Research.
  • Appendix 3. Gordon, B. M., and L. E. Grivetti. Commonsense Rules for Working in Archives, Libraries, and Museums.
  • Appendix 6. Grivetti, L. E. Boston Chocolate, 1700-1825: People, Occupations, and Addresses.