Category: Best of the Food Apps

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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Best of the Food Apps: Dirty Dozen

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 […]

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

March 13, 2013 at 11:20 am

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 […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Fooducate for Allergies

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 […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Good Food Near You

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 […]

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Best of the Food Apps: GoMeals

August 5, 2011 at 9:58 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we discuss “Go Meals”. Although not on the original food app list, one of our dietitians Laura Judd recommended it. Go Meals lets you keep track of your food intake in a 30 day log. You can search various foods […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Seafood Watch

July 22, 2011 at 10:33 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Seafood Watch is a must-have app for anyone who eats seafood! Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seafood Watch is an extremely informative guide to sustainable seafood. You can enter the name of any type of seafood or sushi in the search bar and it will tell you […]

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Best of the Food Apps: True Food

July 15, 2011 at 8:24 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This Friday on Best of the Food Apps we review “True Food”. The True Food Network is the action network portion of the Center for Food Safety. They have various campaigns to stop factory farming and the production of genetically modified foods. This is where the app comes […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Fooducate

July 8, 2011 at 9:09 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Friday this summer we will be posting about a new food app that we’ve tried. There are tons of food apps out there, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Apps”! Having a smart phone has many benefits. Being able to […]

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