Tag Archives: Calorie

What is Calorie Density

By Kenda Hettinger a Recent ASU Nutrition Student   When I first had my daughter in 2014, I kept 30 pounds of my excess weight for about a year. Then I stumbled across an article on calorie density and started … Continue reading

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Infancy

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part two of a five-part series on nutrition within the life cycle. Read part one here.   Infancy is often thought of as the age immediately following birth. As long as … Continue reading

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B is for Breakfast

It shouldn’t be news that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and yet many of us are still skipping breakfast.  So we wanted to take this opportunity to talk about why breakfast is so important since September … Continue reading

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Sweet Showdown: Sugar vs. Honey

It seems like half the people we know are looking for easy ways to cut back on their overall sugar intake.  For some people, the desire to cut back on refined sugar is for health reasons like diabetes, for other … Continue reading

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How to Make a Healthier Hamburger

Summer’s here and the grillin’ is good!  But if you are watching your weight or just trying to eat healthier, you may feel like you have to skip over that mouth-watering hamburger for something lighter.  Never fear, the team at … Continue reading

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