Welcome to the year 2012! The bustle of the holiday season is over, and before this year gets rolling I wanted to share my last article The Sprout, the graduate student nutrition newspaper of the Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University. Q-and-A with Alice Lichtenstein: Close-up with the IOM’s Front-of-Pack Labeling Committee A plethora of [...]
March is National Nutrition Month! To celebrate, the Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Interns at Tufts Medical Center teamed up to present “Myth Busters: Fact vs. Fiction of Carbs, Protein and Fats.” Renee, one of the intern coordinators, answers questions at the Carbohydrate Table. Due to the hard work of the planning committee (applause to Renee, [...]
Photo credit: Whole Foods Two weeks ago Whole Foods announced the new 5-Step Animal Rating System, a labeling system that will be popping up in meat departments nation-wide come May 2011. The rating system is a part of the Global Animal Partnership, a nonprofit organization that audits farms and rates their animal welfare practices. Whole [...]
