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Weight Loss Applications: To use? Or Not To Use?

December 2, 2013 at 11:44 am

By Jesse Crowley, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Today, 91% of adult Americans own a cellphone and 56% of American adults have a smartphone. The general public is beginning to trust their smartphones with everything, from waking them up in the morning to managing their bank accounts. Should we now trust them with our healthcare? A […]

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What is Unit Pricing?

November 18, 2013 at 12:57 pm

by Gina Petracca, Graduate Nutrition Student When you are grocery shopping and about to put a product in your basket, what do you look at? Do you look at the price? And if so, which price do you look at? Most people don’t realize that every item in the grocery store actually has two prices: […]

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Lobstah Night

September 16, 2013 at 12:36 am

Alyssa Langer, Dietetics and Journalism Student, Sargent College and College of Communication Do you think you know how to properly eat a lobster? If so, you’ll get to show off your skills this Tuesday at Lobster Night, one of the most popular dining events hosted annually by BU Dining. And if you don’t know what […]

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Best of the Food Web: Celiac Central

August 22, 2013 at 11:23 am

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication Best of the Food Web is a series that features websites and blogs that we find helpful and interesting. Some focus exclusively on food or health, some combine the two, but all are worthy of your attention! Hey ya’ll. As promised, here’s part two of […]

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Best of the Food Web: Celiac Now

August 20, 2013 at 12:58 pm

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication Best of the Food Web is a series that features websites and blogs that we find helpful and interesting. Some focus exclusively on food or health, some combine the two, but all are worthy of your attention! I recently found two really great resources for people […]

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A Victory for Gluten Free

August 15, 2013 at 1:39 pm

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication A couple weeks ago, the FDA finally announced their ruling on what constitutes a product to be “gluten free.” It was a victory for the members of the gluten free community, who have been awaiting a decision since the FDA first proposed defining the term […]

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B-e-a-YOU-tiful

August 13, 2013 at 10:46 am

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication   I came across the video above the other day and adamantly believe the subject is worthy of a blog post. Make sure you watch it before you keep reading so you can keep up with my thoughts. Go on, I’ll wait… Are you back […]

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Say FAREwell to Food Allergies

August 9, 2013 at 10:46 am

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication My name is Ellie Schulman, and I’m lactose intolerant. Wait, this isn’t Intolerants Anonymous? My bad. Anyway, there’s a lovely organization called Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) that does pretty much exactly what its name implies. We actually did a blog post about FARE’s […]

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Best of the Food Web: Eating Well

July 25, 2013 at 12:34 pm

By Ellie Schulman, Film and Television student, College of Communication I was asked to write a review of EatingWell.com for this blog, but every time I tried to focus on checking out the specifics of what the site has to offer, I would end up watching 20 minutes of cooking videos and making lists of […]

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Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession with Healthy

May 17, 2013 at 11:12 am

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Image Soource In a society obsessed with food and weight, it’s no surprise that eating disorders are on the rise. The term “eating disorder” usually triggers images of anorexia or bulimia, but a new, less obvious eating disorder is quickly growing: orthorexia. As Sargent Choice Nutrition Center RD […]

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