By Liz Sauter, RDN, LDN In honor of Food Allergy Awareness Week the Sargent Choice Nutrition Center and BU Dining Services are sharing some updates to the Gluten Free Pantries on campus. After a successful year-long pilot of a nut free policy in the pantries, the Gluten Free pantries are officially peanut and tree nut […]
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 […]
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 […]
Edited August 5, 2013, 12:00pm. 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”! Run by Food Allergy […]
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 […]
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 […]