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Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
By Kenda Hettinger a recent ASU Nutrition Student Mental health has become a major issue in the United States. According to the CDC, 1…
Eating to Boost Immunity
By Kenda Hettinger a recent ASU Nutrition Student My 5-year-old is currently fighting strep throat. We were talking about probiotics and eating healthy to help…
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
By Kenda Hettinger a recent ASU Nutrition Student Mental health has become a major issue in the United States. According to the CDC, 1…
Everything About Pumpkins
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director A bit of Arizona history says that before Phoenix was officially named, locals used to call the…
Does the Keto Diet really work?
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communication Intern Is the keto diet for you? Fill Your Plate has covered the keto diet a lot in the past…
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
By Kat Brown A recent ASU Nutrition Student Nutrients supply energy and are often the building blocks our bodies need to function. Each nutrient has…
The Use of Food to Fight Cancer
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communications Intern For many, the word cancer doesn’t mean much until it touches your life, and when it does this simple…
The Fast Diet: the What and How
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communications Intern Intermittent fasting is a new diet that appears to be all the rage but does it really work? I…
Bring Your Family to the Farm
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communications intern Arizona agriculture is a $23.3 billion industry, and for you and your family can experience each aspect of Arizona’s…
How to Keep Your Cool in the Back to School Madness
By Alexandra Petti, AZFB Communications Intern Back to school season is right around the corner. Back to school is a stressful time for the teachers,…
Is Keto Better for You?
By Angela Bates a Recent ASU Nutrition Student Low carbohydrate diets have existed in many forms since at least the late 1700s, when they were…
Do Honey Bees Need Pesticides, or More Specifically, Miticides?
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family Miticides, as the name implies, is an agent used to control…
The H5N2 Bird Flu, What Does It Mean?
The outbreak of the avian influenza H5N2 in the U.S. has seriously impacted Midwestern poultry and egg producers. This strain has already spread to 14…
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What Nutrition is in Mushrooms? Nature’s Low-Calorie Powerhouses
Mushrooms have long been a curiosity, popping up in fairy tales as enchanted homes for woodland creatures or as potent ingredients in ancient potions. But…
What Nutrition Does Corn Have? Kernel by Kernel
In Arizona, we grow two kinds of corn: sweet corn and field corn. Sweet corn is grown for human consumption, and the field corn is…
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