by Alison Acerra MS, RD | Dec 10, 2018 | Food
The holidays are in full swing and with it, office potlucks, cookies and eggnog. Hectic schedules and holiday parties can test the healthy habits of even the most disciplined among us. What if we could keep some semblance of health in the holidays without compromising...
by Alison Acerra MS, RD | Nov 12, 2018 | Food
I’m not sure who named November National Diabetes Awareness Month, but it seems fitting, or maybe equally ironic that it falls squarely between Halloween and the holidays. Just as adults and kids alike begin to see their candy collection dwindle, the season of...
by Alison Acerra MS, RD | Oct 29, 2018 | Food
It’s 4pm and I’m still daydreaming about today’s lunch. In seconds, Sally, our robot, served up this Mediterranean-inspired meal: chef-prepared basmati rice, shredded carrots, grilled halloumi cheese and kalamata olives atop a bed of crunchy romaine finished with a...
by Alison Acerra MS, RD | Oct 2, 2018 | Food
My mind is still blown after attending the Dataessentials’ Foodscapes event in Chicago a couple of weeks back. It was a fantastic meeting of the minds on technology, wellness, product innovation and the future of food. (As a side note, definitely check back for...
by Alison Acerra MS, RD | Sep 17, 2018 | Food
Everywhere we look these days, we can find gluten-free this, dairy-free that. Gluten in particular has replaced fat from the 80’s and carbs from the 90’s as the thing to loathe in the 2010’s. A 2017 report showed that the global gluten-free food market value is...