April 22, 2013 at 7:55 pm
By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we break it down..into lists with “Dirty Dozen.” Dirty Dozen is a very simple app. If you’ve been wondering which produce you should buy organic then look no further. It provides two lists – the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean […]
October 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm
By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College and Lisa Ferreira, Registered Dietitian, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center We return to our Best of the Food Apps series with a review of the new Fooducate for Allergies. (Check out our review of the original Fooducate here.) Navigating the grocery store aisles is difficult enough, but throw food […]
August 23, 2012 at 11:44 am
By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Walking down the grocery store aisles it’s hard not to notice all the new health claims in bright lettering on some packaged foods “Low fat!” “No cholesterol!” but lately there’s been a new label that’s been gaining a lot of attention, “Gluten-Free”. Almost every product that is gluten […]
February 8, 2012 at 3:51 pm
By Alli Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! Sometimes it’s hard to find credible nutrition information. With […]
October 29, 2011 at 12:24 pm
By Alli Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Dentists’ least favorite day of the year is upon us…Halloween. It’s a day full of fun costumes and plenty of sweets and treats. Everyone loves to go candy crazy on Halloween but we have some tips to make this day a little less sugar filled but still just […]
October 10, 2011 at 2:44 pm
By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College To me, every day is food day, but October 24 is national Food Day created by The Center for Science in the Public Interest, and endorsed by many celebrity chefs and foodies. I think these two quotes summarize the ideas behind Food Day pretty well. “Food day is […]
August 19, 2011 at 11:26 am
By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we discuss “Good Food Near You” an app that lets you find healthy food down the street. Upon opening Good Food Near You, you can select to have the app find your location via GPS or you can enter in […]