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John F. Ashton
In 2001
For other people named John Ashton (disambiguation), see John Ashton (disambiguation) (disambiguation).

John Frederick Ashton FRACI (born 1947) is an Australian food scientist, a young Earth creationist, and an advocate of a chocolate-based diet.

Biography

Ashton has bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Newcastle and the University of Tasmania, respectively; he earned honours and the CSR Chemicals Prize for his bachelor's degree.[1] He also has a Ph.D. in epistemology from the University of Newcastle;[2] his thesis outlined a holistic model for the interpretation of biomedical and environmental data. Ashton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 1992,[3][1] has been a Professional Member of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology since 1998, and was elevated to Fellow of that institute in 2006.[1]

He has been strategic research manager[4] for the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company in Cooranbong, New South Wales;[5][6] Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Victoria University, Melbourne;[7][8] and Adjunct Professor in the School of Applied Sciences in the College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT University.[9]

Ashton was a principal food research scientist at the University of Newcastle.[10] He has authored 18 university research publications including three books.[11][12] He has co-supervised eleven doctoral students,[1] taught science and philosophy, and held senior research positions in the food industry for over 30 years.[13] He and his wife Colleen live in New South Wales, Australia.[13] He is a member of the Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church in Morisset, New South Wales.[8]

Food research

Ashton has published multiple papers on topics including soy milk,[5][14][15][6][16][17] maca,[18] and wheat.[19] He has conducted research with RMIT University on whey protein products, funded by the Australian Research Council.[20]

Ashton's book A Chocolate a Day, coauthored with his daughter-in-law Suzy Ashton, claims that a single chocolate bar contains more antioxidants than six apples and has a stronger antiaging effect than red wine,[21][10][22] and that two ounces (50 grams) of chocolate per day are sufficient for a high intake of potassium, magnesium, calcium and polyphenols.[23][24][25][26] Low in sodium, chocolate is recommended to counteract imbalanced high-salt diets.[10] Because chocolate is high in phenylethylamine, Ashton also believes chocolate may help people fall in love.[4] His followup book, The Chocolate Diet, coauthored with Dr. Lily Stojanovska, recommends a weight-loss diet including 10-20 grams of chocolate per day.[27] A Chocolate a Day was regarded by Food Australia as the first popular book highlighting the health benefits of chocolate and has been translated into nine languages.[1]

Ashton takes a strong stand against the abuse of alcohol and advocates that drinkers should be required to be licensed and encouraged to practise duty of care. His views were published in the book Uncorked! The Hidden Hazards of Alcohol. He has written several books on general health and a text on food poisoning.

Creationism

Ashton is a Young Earth creationist who has stated, "I am convinced that a literal understanding of the Genesis account of creation is the most reasonable explanation out of all the current theories of how we came to be here."[28] He is the editor of In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation, an anthology of testimonies of creationist scientists that has been reviewed negatively by skeptics[29] but positively by proponents of faith-based science.[30] Notable contributors include Jack Cuozzo, John D. Morris, Jonathan Sarfati, Andrew Snelling, Kurt Wise,[29] Monty White,[31] Andrew McIntosh,[30] John Baumgardner, Werner Gitt, J. H. John Peet, Ariel A. Roth, and Larry Vardiman.[32] In a followup book, On the Seventh Day, Ashton relates forty scientists' testimonies of belief in a Creator, including conversions from atheism, exploration of questions of Biblical accuracy, dramatic experiences, and claims of miracles.[33][34][35]

Ashton coauthored a book on Egyptian archaeology, as well as editing several books on the evidence for the existence of God. The God Factor, like In Six Days and On the Seventh Day, is one of several collections wherein a number of scientists[36][37][38] describe their belief in God;[39][40][41][42] it is a prescribed resource at Alphacrucis College.[43] Answers in Genesis chemist Monty White gave a detailed account of his conversion in The God Factor and also explained how he received the evidence with which he rejected evolution and supported creation in In Six Days.[31]

Other views

Ashton collected evidence of people seeing the future and proposed a metaphysical model to explain this. This work was published under the title The Seventh Millennium: The Evidence We Can Know the Future,[44][45] with a foreword by Brian McCusker, emeritus professor of high-energy nuclear physics at the University of Sydney. He states a belief that some dreams, premonitions, visions and ancient prophecies are accurate.[46] Australian skeptic Colin Groves criticized the book as relying on discredited research and creationist views of history.[47]

In the 1990s Ashton coauthored The Perils of Progress with Harvard- and Oxford-educated philosopher Ronald S. Laura (with foreword by Templeton Prize winner Charles Birch), based on their papers on environmental issues. This book discusses electromagnetic fields, radiation poisoning, microwaves, gasoline, sunscreen, food additives, polyunsaturated fats, chlorine, fluoridated water, aluminum, sound pollution, artificial light, and sick building syndrome.[48][49][50] While Publishers Weekly regards it as "thoroughgoing neo-Luddism",[48] it contains copious references and information about several current environmental controversies.[49][50] This was followed by their New Insights in Environmental Education, a text outlining philosophical views on environmental issues, and their popular book Uncorked!.

Publications

Books
  • Ashton, John F., Ph.D., ed. (2010) [1999-02-28]. In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation (in English, German, Italian, and and Portuguese). 360 pages. Sydney; Green Forest; Milan: New Holland Publishers, Ltd.; Gruppo Editoriale Armenia S.p.A.; Master Books; Strand Publishing. ISBN 1-86436-443-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Ashton, John F. (September 2000) [1998]. The Seventh Millennium: The Evidence That We Can Know the Future. 189 pages. Sydney; London: New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86436-359-2.
  • Ashton, John (2002-06-15). On the Seventh Day. 276 pages. Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-376-7.
  • Ashton, John (2006-01-15). The Big Argument: Does God Exist?: Twenty-Four Scholars Explore How Science, Archaeology, and Philosophy Have Proven the Existence of God. 400 pages. Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-469-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Ashton, John (2006-08-15). Unwrapping The Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms The Biblical Timeline. 240 pages (Har/DVD ed.). Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-468-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Cerexhe, Peter (2000). Risky Foods, Safer Choices: Avoiding Food Poisoning. 163 pages. University of New South Wales Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86840-522-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Ashton, John (2011). The Chocolate Diet: How to eat chocolate & feel great about it. 182 pages. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7322-9179-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Ashton, John F.; Laura, Ronald S. (2006) [2003]. New Insights in Environmental Education: On Harmonising Technology and Nature. 311 pages. Newcastle; Boston; Sydney: Insight Press; Body and Soul Dynamics. ISBN 978-1-920881-00-9.
  • Laura, Ronald S. (1991). Hidden Hazards: The Dark side of Everyday Technology and How It Affects Your Health and Environment. 296 pages. Bantam Books. ISBN 1-86359-038-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Ashton, John F. (1997). The Life Enhancement Handbook. 192 pages. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7318-0608-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Laura, Ronald S. (1993). 101 Vital tips for a Healthy lifestyle: The perfect, easy-to-understand guide to all you should know about vitamins, minerals, exercise, health and wellbeing. 206 pages. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-207-18138-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Articles
  • Ashton, John (September 2001). "The Case for Creationism: Fifty Scientists Speak Out" (PDF). Ministry. 74 (9). Silver Spring, Maryland: The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: 22–25. ISSN 0026-5314. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  • "Alcohol's dark secret". College and University Dialogue. 17 (2): 28–9, 32. 2005.
  • "Eat your vegies!". Record. 108: 1, 11. 2003-08-23.
  • "Another side to the beer ads". Record. 112: 8–9. 2007-05-08.
  • "The right mate". Record. 87: 13–4. 1982-06-07.
  • Ashton, J. (2007). "A creationist's view of the intelligent design debate". Chemistry in Australia. 74 (3): 19–20.

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Editor (2006). "New Fellow". Food Australia. 58 (6): 243. John has been a Professional Member of AIFST since 1998 and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) since 1992. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Bergman, Ph.D., Jerry (2011-05-07). "Darwin Skeptics" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05. ...MS in Chemistry from the University of Tasmania and a Ph.D. in Epistemology...
  3. ^ "New RACI Fellows: John Frederick Ashton". Chemistry in Australia: 86. 1993. {{cite journal}}: |chapter= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b Editorial Team (2001-02-19). "AUSTRALIA: A chocolate a day may keep the doctor away". Just-Food. Bromsgrove, Worcestershire: Aroq Ltd.
  5. ^ a b Tsangalis, Ashton, Mcgill, and Shah (October 2002). "Enzymic Transformation of Isoflavone Phytoestrogens in Soymilk by β-Glucosidase-Producing Bifidobacteria". Journal of Food Science. 67 (8): 3104–13. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2002.tb08866.x. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b Tsangalis, Ashton, Stojanovska, Wilcox, and Shah (May 2004). "Development of an isoflavone aglycone-enriched soymilk using soy germ, soy protein isolate and bifidobacteria". Food Research International. 37 (4): 301–12.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ashton, John (2010). "Some interesting facts on alcohol consumption". Christian Spirituality and Science. Alcohol and the Christian Faith. 8 (1). Avondale Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies: 4. {{cite journal}}: |chapter= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b Brady, Sharyn (2009-01-28). "Adventist recognised for contributions to biomedical and nutrition research". Record. Morisset, New South Wales: Seventh-day Adventist Church.
  9. ^ "Ashton, Dr. John". Contact. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. 2012.
  10. ^ a b c Williams, Rachel (2002-07-24). "Thank You for the Music: More Than a Sweet Nothing". Birmingham Post.
  11. ^ "The University of Newcastle, Researcher Report: Doctor John Ashton". University of Newcastle.
  12. ^ "The University of Newcastle, Researcher Report: Professor Ronald Laura". University of Newcastle.
  13. ^ a b "Dr. John Ashton". Authors. Macmillan Publishers. 2011.
  14. ^ Tsangalis, Ashton, Mcgill, and Shah (March 2003). "Biotransformation of Isoflavones by Bifidobacteria in Fermented Soymilk Supplemented with D-Glucose and L-Cysteine". Journal of Food Science. 68 (2): 623–31. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb05721.x. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Otieno, Ashton, and Shah (May 2005). "Stability of β-glucosidase Activity Produced by Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus spp. in Fermented Soymilk During Processing and Storage". Journal of Food Science. 70 (4): M236–41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb07194.x. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Otieno, Ashton, and Shah (May 2006). "Evaluation of enzymic potential for biotransformation of isoflavone phytoestrogen in soymilk by Bifidobacterium animalis, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei". Food Research International. 39 (4): 394–407.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Tang, Walker, Wilcox, Strauss, Ashton, and Stojanovska (May 2010). "Calcium Absorption in Australian Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women: an Acute Comparative Study of Fortified Soymilk to Cows' Milk". Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 19 (2).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Brooks, Wilcox, Walker, Ashton, Cox, and Stojanovska (December 2008). "Beneficial effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on psychological symptoms and measures of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women are not related to estrogen or androgen content". Menopause. 15 (6): 1157–62. doi:10.1097/gme.0b013e3181732953. PMID 18784609. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Srikaeo, Furst, Ashton, and Hosken (2006). "Microstructural changes of starch in cooked wheat grains as affected by cooking temperatures and times". LWT - Food Science and Technology. 39 (5). Elsevier: 528–33. doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2005.04.004. ISSN 0023-6438. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ ARC Linkage grants boost RMIT research, 14 July 2010.
  21. ^ Planck, Nina (2007-06-12). Real Food: What to Eat and Why. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 241, 243, 316, 324, 326. ISBN 9781596913424.
  22. ^ "Book Case". Books. Liverpool: Daily Post. 2002-03-23. {{cite magazine}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "A Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away". Reader's Digest. Vol. 162. Reader's Digest Association. 2003. p. 176.
  24. ^ "Nonfiction Review: A Chocolate a Day". Publishers Weekly. 2003-02-01.
  25. ^ "New Book Claims Chocolate is Good for You". M2 Best Books. M2 Communications, Ltd. 2003-06-05.
  26. ^ Donegan, Priscilla (2001-05-01). "More Good News for Chocoholics". Grocery Headquarters.
  27. ^ Davison, Katherine. "The Chocolate Diet". That's Life!. Pacific Magazines Pty. Ltd.
  28. ^ Ashton, In Six Days, vi.
  29. ^ a b Groves, Colin (1999). "A Sad Collection of Poor Excuses" (PDF). The Skeptic. 19 (2): 43–45.
  30. ^ a b Karkalits, O. C. (2002). "Book Reviews: In Six Days: Why Fifty Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation". Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. 54. American Scientific Affiliation: 272, 292.
  31. ^ a b White, Monty (May 2002). "My Spiritual Pilgrimage from Theistic Evolution to Creationism". Banner of Truth. Banner of Truth Trust.
  32. ^ Ashton, In Six Days.
  33. ^ Allen, Harris F (2011-04-27). Somewhere in the Bible. pp. 21–2, 288, 291. ISBN 9781449714598.
  34. ^ Köstenberger, Andreas J (2011-10-05). Excellence. pp. 167ff., 239ff. ISBN 9781581349108.
  35. ^ Morris III, Henry M (2009-03-30). The Big Three. p. 221. ISBN 9780890515624.
  36. ^ Oller, Jr., Ph.D., John W. (2011-08-19). "John W. Oller, Jr., Ph.D.: Curriculum Vitae". University of Louisiana, Lafayette.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  37. ^ Baker, R.G.V. "Geography & Planning". University of New England.
  38. ^ Praeger, Cheryl E. "Cheryl E. Praeger's Publications: Other Publications". University of Western Australia.
  39. ^ Roth, Ariel A (2008-08-01). Science Discovers God. pp. 26, 29, 33, 34, 245. ISBN 9780812704488.
  40. ^ Van de Weghe, Rob. Prepared to Answer. p. 396.
  41. ^ Maxfield, David (2007-06-01). Does It Really Matter What I Believe About God?. p. 314. ISBN 9781598868296.
  42. ^ De Berg, K. C. (2002). "Review of J. F. Ashton, The God Factor: 50 Scientists and Academics Explain Why They Believe in God". College and University Dialogue. 14 (2): 29.
  43. ^ "Education, Science, Technology and Change". Programs. Alphacrucis College.
  44. ^ "Reviews - Books: 'The Seventh Millennium' by John F. Ashton, PhD". Nexus New Times Magazine. 6 (1). December 1998 – January 1999.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  45. ^ Riippa, Laurele (2000-08-14). "Fall 2000 Trade Paperback List". Publishers Weekly.
  46. ^ Ashton, The Seventh Millennium.[page needed]
  47. ^ Groves, Colin. "Review of 'Seventh Millennium' by John F. Ashton PhD: Little Evidence for Supernatural Theories".
  48. ^ a b "The Perils of Progress". Publishers Weekly. 1999-01-04.
  49. ^ a b Jones, R. L.; Vassilakis, Noemie Maxwell (2010). "Perils of Progress". Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Wake Forest University.
  50. ^ a b Wilson, Bill (1998). "The Perils of Progress". Fluoride. 31 (2). International Society for Fluoride Research: 102.

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