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The Power of Protein and Fiber: How Your Diet Could Improve Your Sleep
A good night’s sleep is often elusive in our fast-paced world, but new research suggests that the secret to better rest might be sitting on your plate. Our modern lifestyles often overlook the fundamental role that diet can play in…
Get More Fiber In Your Diet with Arizona-Grown Tree Nuts!
Need more fiber in your diet? Eat Arizona Pistachios or Pecans! A one-ounce serving provides 10% of the Daily Recommended Intake for fiber. Arizona farm families grow these healthy, tasty tree nuts for our health.
Fiber Does More Than Promote Gut Health and Regularity
When most people think of fiber, they often associate it primarily with digestive health. It’s true that fiber is critical for maintaining gut health and ensuring regular bowel movements. However, research has shown that the benefits of fiber extend far…
Fill Up on Fiber!
Maintaining a healthy diet is essential for overall well-being, yet studies show that a staggering 93% of us are significantly lacking in our intake of this crucial nutrient: fiber. According to registered dietitian Novella Lui, fiber is a type of…
Fill Your Plate’s Collection of Articles About Fiber!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We’ve written a lot about the importance of getting plenty of fiber in your diet here on the Fill Your Plate, and rightfully so! This important nutrient does a lot for our…
Fiber Filled Snacks to Fuel Your Day!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know the importance of getting enough fiber in our diets. This little nutrient packs a major punch for our bodies when it comes to overall health. Whether it be improving…
Study: Increased Fiber Intake During Childhood Reduces Allergies
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Spring is around the corner, meaning our Arizona desert will begin to turn (slightly) green, and plants and trees begin blooming again. But it also means that one more thing will be…
Non-Starchy Veggies Offer Healthful Fiber, Nutrients
You’ve heard it before, but I’m going to say it again: Yuma, Arizona is the lettuce bowl capital of the nation from November to late March every year thanks to our mild winters and Yuma’s amazing soil. It’s here you’ll…
Fiber-rich Foods Help You Feel Full
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director Recent Arizona State University nutrition student Kat Brown defines fiber as forming the support structure of leaves, stems, and plants. “It is the part of foods that are hard to digest, or…
Need More Fiber? Add Nuts to Your Diet
Need more fiber in your diet? Eat Arizona Pistachios or Pecans! A one-ounce serving provides 10% of the Daily Recommended Intake for fiber. Arizona farm families grow these healthy, tasty tree nuts.
4 Easy Ways to Get More Fiber
By Angela Bates a Recent ASU Nutrition Student Fiber is a very important carbohydrate. Normally, carbohydrates are broken down by the body to be used as energy in the form of glucose, but fiber does not get broken down by…
Fiber is your friend
By Kat Brown, Recent ASU Nutrition Student What is Fiber? Fiber forms the support structure of leaves, stems, and plants. It is the part of foods that are hard to digest, or that the body cannot digest at all.…
Give Your Gut what it Needs: Fiber
By Nathan Chambers, Recent ASU Communication Nutrition Student We all know that we should eat more fiber because it aids in digestion. But you may not have known the other important functions of dietary fiber… and they are much…