My new placement for graduate school is in the Healthy Schools NY program, which helps create cultures in schools across New York that promote increased physical education and physical activity, healthy eating choices and options, and limited tobacco use. We partner with high risk schools and offer them assessments of their current wellness plans, help Read More …
Happy Fall everyone! With a new season comes the need to mix things up and the urge for improvement. So, what’s new with you? Any new recipes, interesting school assignments or fun adventures? Tell me your story… This weekend instead of doing the homework I was supposed to (I have a light week because of Read More …
Eat you’re chocolate dear, it’ll help you see better and think better (for awhile at least)!Although not entirely gluten free related this is interesting health and nutrition news. According to recent studies eating dark chocolate enhances cognition and vision for a limited time after consumption. This is likely do to the antioxidants Cocoa Flavanols which Read More …
Do you ever indulge in food that you know are bad for you? Do you follow your cravings sometimes and take a big bite? I tend to live by the food motto that you need to indulge and have a little bit of bad for the good to be ‘healthy’, of course this is only a Read More …
The American Celiac Disease Alliance released a notice yesterday saying that our efforts, such as the Gluten Free to get standardized gluten free labeling laws have moved one step closer. The FDA announced on the 7th anniversary of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) that they were opening up the GF Labeling law proposal Read More …
Tomorrow I will be moving into Mike’s parents basement. Mike wants to go back to school full time and in an effort to save money so he can do so, and so we have money for our future, we decided this is the best option. It’s their bottom two levels with a good amount of Read More …
I am a fan of frozen formed desserts, as my last post mentioned. Growing up with little money and a sweet tooth Ice cream has always been my favorite, but we all know how fattening that can become. There are so many other alternatives out there that are healthier and most recently I found, for Read More …
I have a question for you: Have you ever taken a gluten free venue at face value only to find out later that you were totally wrong and had probably been making yourself sick? This is unfortunately one of these stories. Yogurt Crazy Huntington, NY 300 New York Ave http://www.yogurtcrazyonline.com/ Frozen Yogurt is definitely a summer thing and Read More …
Last weekend was the Gluten Free Challenge. As part of it I decided to throw a pot luck for a few of my friends who were doing the challenge with me. Did any of you do anything for the Challenge? I figured I would share some photos and thoughts about the event and the challenge itself! Sean Read More …
Part of ‘Celiac Disease etiquette’, in my mind anyway, is not making your diet (and thus you) the highlight of every occasion. This is especially true when you are not the planner of an event or the event is not at your house. In this cases it is of course acceptable to ask “will there Read More …
