Tagged: Alli Mars

Best of the Food Apps: Dirty Dozen

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 […]

Healthy Twist on a Sweet Favorite: Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday Karen Jacobs EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA hosts the Sargent Choice Test Kitchen in StuVi 2 Apt. 2302 from 8-11pm. She kindly welcomes the BU community to make and test new Sargent Choice recipes while we eat, talk and play games like Apples to Apples or Bananagrams. Everyone […]

Best of the Food Apps: Dana Farber “Ask the Nutritionist”

By Allison 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”! Proper nutrition can make a huge difference in the […]

Best of the Food Apps: Fooducate for Allergies

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 […]

Gluten Free: Hype or Health?

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 […]

Best of the Food Web: Metrowest Nutrition

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 […]

Healthier Halloween: Keep Your Costume the Scariest Part of Your Night

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 […]

Celebrating Food

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 […]

Make a Difference Mondays are Back!

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Last year BU decided to take a different approach to Mondays. Yes, class is still mandatory, and yes, you have to go to work, but what’s waiting in the dining hall is a pleasant update to usual routine. Once a month BU dining halls will be featuring “Make […]

Best of the Food Apps: Good Food Near You

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 […]