Category: Nutrition News

Fat Talk Free Week

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Fat Talk Free Week Video — Be sure to check out this video! “She’s too fat to be wearing that swim suit” “You look so pretty and skinny” “I hate how these shorts make my thighs look fat” We’ve all heard, and probably have said, comments similar to […]

CSA Week 18: Subbing in for Pumpkin

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Although pumpkin usually gets special treatment, it is actually part of the larger winter squash family. Besides being comforting, winter squash varieties offer many nutrients that make them excellent additions to any fall menu. Usually a shade of orange or yellow, the flesh of winter squash is rich […]

Best of the Food Web: Sweet Beet

By Kelli Swensen, 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”! “At its core, eating well is an act of […]

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 […]

Sticky Words: Weight Stigma Awareness Week

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Remember “cooties” in elementary school? It used to be that the majority of teasing involved these imaginary germs that could pass between boys and girls. Nothing was more embarrassing then catching someone’s cooties. Yes, this teasing caused some hurt feelings that day and a year or two of […]

Best of the Food Web: Slow Food at BU

By Kelli Swensen, 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”! One of the great things about a large university […]

Purple Power Smoothie Recipe

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Last week we made mouths water with our Purple Power Smoothie post. Unfortunately for your taste buds, we were mean and didn’t give you the recipe. Since there are only two more weeks until move-in, we wanted to give you the recipe to this delicious (and sneaky) smoothie […]

Best of the Food Apps: GoMeals

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 […]

Best of the Food Apps: True Food

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 […]

Best of the Food Apps: Fooducate

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 […]