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Nutrition and Allergy
Nutritional Resources
Holy Cross Dining is committed to helping our guests with their nutritional needs. Whether you have food allergies, dietary restrictions or simply need particular guidance or assistance with your food selections, HC Dining can provide resources to help you make delicious choices, safely and easily.
Students can set a meeting with our Registered Dietitian.
Nutritional Menu Information
While you're exploring our menus, you'll have the opportunity to view nutritional information from our Nutritive Analysis feature on any item listed. This is accessible by going to Today's Menu and clicking on the Nutritive Analysis icon. Then, a click on the item name brings up the nutrition facts label which indicates if the item contains one of the most common food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, treenuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean or sesame seeds. Additionally, this tool can create a report which totals calories and nutrients for that meal.
Helpful Links
- Food allergic in college, and coping (Boston.com)
- Allergy Free Dining at Holy Cross Video (NECN)
- Allergic Nation (Inside Higher Ed)
- Colleges accommodate more students with food allergies (usatoday.com)
- Holy Cross Offers New Services for Students with Food Allergies
New ‘allergy-free kitchen’ now available in Kimball. - General Nutrition - The source for all things nutrition.
- Food Allergies - Food allergy resource guide.
- Vegetarian Nutrition - Great vegetarian resource.
- Lists of Single Nutrient Food Sources - Reports of selected food items and nutrients, sorted either by food description or in descending order by nutrient content in household measures.
- Nutrition Data - Find nutritional information and analyze all types of food.
- Daily Food Plan - Explore the new “My Plate” website, with just a few clicks get a personalized nutrition plan
- The American Dietetic Association is the leading source for nutrition professionals, and offers the public links to reliable nutrition information.
- Estimate your body fat percentage with simple tape measurements. For most people, body composition is a better indicator of fitness than BMI.
- Sodium - NYC has great information about sodium, it’s impact on health, and steps to take to reduce sodium intake.