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Are You Getting Enough Ascorbic Acid in your Diet?

By Jacob Gerdes, Arizona State Nutrition Communications Student.   Ascorbic Acid may sound intimidating but you know exactly what it is and I would wager that you may even have an isolated supplement of it in your house right now. … Continue reading

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Is Your Orange Juice Void of Vitamin C?

By Angela C. Torrence, Nutritionist   Where would many of us be without our Vitamin C? Like many individuals intent on boosting the immune system with vitamin C, you might reach for your orange juice without thinking twice about the … Continue reading

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Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens

November is the month of gratitude and if there is one thing we have to be grateful for here in Arizona it is the abundance of locally grown leafy greens produced during the fall and winter months. While you might … Continue reading

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30 Things to Do With Kale

If there is one thing that is “hot” in the world of leafy greens right now, it is kale. This dark leafy green vegetable has been rapidly increasing in popularity in the United States over the past two years and … Continue reading

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Using Food to Fight Stress

Research has shown that there is a complex link between our central nervous system and our gut which may eventually help to explain why so many of us are prone to unhealthy eating decisions when our stress starts to boil … Continue reading

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