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Category: Healthy Eating
Can Food be Your Medicine?
You might have heard the quote, “Let thy medicine be thy food, and thy food be thy medicine.” This quote is often attributed to Hippocrates,…
Eat Your Meats!
When creating a healthy diet, it’s essential to incorporate a balance of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Each of these macronutrients provides our bodies with the…
Dietary Choices Impact Gut Health
We all know the phrase: “Garbage in, garbage out.” This saying captures a profound truth about not only our food choices but also their impact…
A Prescription for Produce
When you visit a healthcare provider for a chronic illness, the typical response includes medication designed to alleviate symptoms or treat the underlying issue. While…
It’s Soup Season!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Cooler temperatures are right around the corner! Which means that it’s the perfect time to start adding…
Consider Adding More Spinach to Your Diet!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Eating spinach in large quantities always makes me think of the old cartoon my brothers and I…
Choose Your Cereal Wisely!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When my brothers and I were growing up, our favorite thing to have for breakfast each morning…
Fermented Foods are Full of Health Benefits
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Cabbage, grown quite well in Arizona, is the start of great sauerkraut. We often hear or read…
Cinnamon Offers Many Health Benefits
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When you think of fall and all the smells and flavors that come along with it, the…
Beat the Post-Meal Slump with Some Movement
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know the feeling. You’ve just eaten lunch, are sitting back in your chair, and after…
Highly Processed Foods Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern I think that it is safe to say that whether we eat them or not, we all…
Diet Plays a Big Role in the Healing Process
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Between growing up on a farm and loving to play outdoors, my brothers and I frequently got…
Certain Prepackaged Foods Can Actually be Nutritious
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Often, when we hear about prepackaged foods, our minds instantly think that they are unhealthy, as many…
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