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Category: Green Matters
Spring cleaning; how to reuse scraps for homemade cleaning supplies
By Erika Guzman a Recent ASU Nutrition Student Spring may be here, but the weather does not prove anything for many of us! However,…
Cooking with Toddlers: Tips and tricks for including your youngster in the kitchen.
By Cecelia Wilken, Current ASU Nutrition Student I love cooking and I love food. From baking bread to smoking meats, there is no ingredient or…
Filling Your Plate With Beets
By Sarah LeVesque, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Beta vulgaris! Almost sounds like a spell in a whimsical film on sorcerers. But it won’t make beets…
The Wonders of Lettuce
By Kevann Jordan, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Lettuce is a vegetable that has taken the back seat over the past few years. All the attention…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During School-Age Years
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part five of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one, part two,…
The Importance of Vitamin K
By Noor Nouaillati, Recent ASU Nutrtion Student We all know that every nutrient found in a particular food item is very important for our body…
In a World Full of Kale, Why Not be a Green Bean?
By Sarah LeVesque, Recent ASU Nutrition Student I’m a lover of all things kale, but lately, I’ve been thinking about green beans: where have they…
What Types of Foods are Good for You?
By Noor Nouaillati, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Have you ever wondered what types of foods are good for you? If what you were consuming had…
It’s Broccoli Season!
By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern It’s December and they say, “Tis the season!” But, not only is it the season of giving. It’s…
Acne is Not Just About the Diet
By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern You know that cliché movie where the teenage girl has a date coming up and a pimple appears…
Know Exactly What You Get When Eating Broccoli
By Kevann Jordan, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Why should we eat our broccoli? Is it really that good for you? Of course, the answer is…
Get More Leafy Greens in Your Diet
By Laura Slatalla, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Green leafy vegetables are rich in folic acid, vitamin C and K, fiber, magnesium, and phytochemicals. They lower…
Gardening is Good for Your Health
[caption id="attachment_10811" align="alignright" width="300"] Follow these tips to grow delicious food in your garden (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Many garden hobbyists look to their time tending…
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