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Your Home Brand of Nutrition
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02.22.2017

Your Home Brand of Nutrition

By Kevin Dietmeyer, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student   What’s your favorite brand?   Even if you’re a purist who avoids falling prey to…

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02.20.2017

Crazy About Carrots

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern  Did you know that carrots are in season from October to May in Arizona? So why don’t I…

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The Exciting Mineral Magnesium
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02.15.2017

The Exciting Mineral Magnesium

By Katrina Aceret, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student  What is Magnesium? Let’s be honest, do we really think about magnesium when we think about…

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College Lunches On-The-Go
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02.10.2017

College Lunches On-The-Go

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As a college student currently going to Arizona State University, I know that life can get busy. Between…

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How Single Moms Incorporate Healthy Diet and Exercise Habits
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02.08.2017

How Single Moms Incorporate Healthy Diet and Exercise Habits

By Eric LeClair, ASU Communication Nutrition Student Part 1 of a Series We have all made the excuse that we’re just “too busy” when talking…

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We Need to Have a Heart to Heart about Dairy
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02.06.2017

We Need to Have a Heart to Heart about Dairy

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Something has happened in the last 20 years, and fast-fading fad diets have become a societal norm. To…

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Give Your Gut what it Needs: Fiber
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02.01.2017

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…

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Smuggling Veggies into your Kid’s Favorite Foods
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01.30.2017

Smuggling Veggies into your Kid’s Favorite Foods

By Lori Meszaros, Recent ASU Nutrition Communication student As a parent, I want to make sure my kids are getting their 5 a day but…

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Getting Kids to Take Control of Their Nutrition
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01.27.2017

Getting Kids to Take Control of Their Nutrition

By Kevin Dietmeyer, Recent ASU Nutrition Student  Are you in control of your nutrition or does the endless pursuit of making healthy choices seem to…

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Exercise and Your Brain
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01.25.2017

Exercise and Your Brain

By Nathan Chambers, Recent ASU Nutrition Student  With an ever-aging population, more and more time is being spent studying diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. We…

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Convince Your Kiddos to Eat More Fiber
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01.23.2017

Convince Your Kiddos to Eat More Fiber

By Kevin Dietmeyer, Recent ASU Nutrition Student  “I can’t get my kids to stop eating fiber,” said no one ever.  As adults, so often you…

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The History of Couscous
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01.20.2017

The History of Couscous

By Katrina Aceret, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student I discovered couscous two years ago. I never knew how simple this staple could be. Couscous…

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Fattoush: Middle Eastern Salad
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01.18.2017

Fattoush: Middle Eastern Salad

By Lori Meszaros, Recent Nutrition Communication student at ASU Did you know that Yuma, Arizona is known as the world’s lettuce capital in the winter…

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