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The Amino Acid Citrulline and Arginine
BY Amanda van Dall A Recent ASU Nutrition Student Wisdom follows age, experience, and education. Part of this wisdom is learning how to balance what you have with what you want. Often it is better to eliminate what you do…
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 word “cancer” changes your life forever. If there was something you could do to try…
Postpartum Nutrition
By Erin Wyatt a Recent ASU Nutrition Student During pregnancy, a woman tries her hardest to be the healthiest vessel for her growing child. She forces giant prenatal vitamins down every day, avoids delicious foods like sushi, unpasteurized cheeses,…
Weight Loss at your Fingertips
By Erin Wyatt A Recent ASU Nutrition Student In the quest to become healthier, many nutritionists agree that writing down your food intake is an effective way to lose weight. In my experience, this task becomes very tedious after a…
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 used to treat diabetes. The “Banting Diet” was developed by William Banting in 1863, who…
Nutrition Issues When Your Child is an Athlete
Conrad Sanders, NDTR Graduate, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Recent Dietetic Intern I.S.P.P. University of Arizona University of Arizona In today’s world, we’re being constantly inundated with fad diets and ways to lead a healthier lifestyle in an effort…
What is Winter Blues and How to Fight It with Foods Rich in Serotonin
By Erika Guzman, Recent ASU Nutrition Student As winter is in full gear, and still dark and chilly outside. Does the cold, dark weather affect your mood? Do you feel depressed or sad or simply don’t feel like yourself?…
5 Ways to Boost Your Immune System
By Angela Bates, Current ASU Nutrition Student With flu season upon us, it’s a great time to check in on your health, specifically your immunity. The immune system has different kinds of cells to destroy microbes ranging from bacteria to…
3 Easy Ways to Stop those Dreaded IBS Symptoms
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student If you aren’t dealing with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), it’s likely you know someone who is. It is estimated that up to 15% of people in the United States suffer from IBS,…
Out of Sports Drinks? Grab a Banana!
By Erika Guzman, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Studies find that a banana is just as beneficial as a sports beverage Growing up, you’ve probably been given Gatorade or some type of electrolyte-recovering beverage for energy and endurance when you…
Filling Your Plate with Ginger
By Sarah LeVesque, Recent ASU Nutrition Student As a common addition to juices and smoothies, ginger has been on a rise in popularity. My mother used to tell me that artists in the Philippines would eat ginger to help them…
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 appear on your plate. If it did, you’d be filling your plate with vital nutrients…
Health is not just a Word
By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern When we think of a healthy person we typically think of a slimmer individual who eats salad and works out. I recently got to thinking about my health and was disappointed in the…