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Bad Eating Habits: Are Yours Hurting You?
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10.23.2017

Bad Eating Habits: Are Yours Hurting You?

By Bailey Roden Arizona Farm Bureau Intern We have all experienced that moment when we turn to food for comfort hence the term comfort food.…

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Get More Leafy Greens in Your Diet
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10.20.2017

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…

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Tips to Keep You on Track with Healthy Eating
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09.27.2017

Tips to Keep You on Track with Healthy Eating

By Lori Meszaros, ASU Nutrition Communications Student We’ve all been there, wanting to cook a healthy meal but home too late to even think about…

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How Energy Drinks are Affecting Your Health
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09.20.2017

How Energy Drinks are Affecting Your Health

By Kat Brown, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student  6 tips to preventing caffeine addiction       Pre-existing conditions       Know your limits       Read the labels       Beware the…

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Three Steps to Going Low-Carb
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09.01.2017

Three Steps to Going Low-Carb

By Kevin Dietmeyer, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student Slow carb, no carb, carb cycles and planned carbohydrate re-feeds.  What’s right for you? Low carb is certainly nothing new and recently there…

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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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The Magical Fruit
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10.31.2016

The Magical Fruit

By Jacob Gerdes, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student   This fruit comes in all colors and shapes and can take many forms in…

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Eat Your Grains
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09.21.2016

Eat Your Grains

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern This is the third installment of a series Part 1: Eat Your Veggies Part 2: Eat Your Fruits…

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09.16.2016

Eat Your Fruits

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern This article is the second installment in a series Part 1: Eat Your Veggies Fruits are a very…

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The Mediterranean Diet: Heart Healthy and Delicious
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08.26.2016

The Mediterranean Diet: Heart Healthy and Delicious

By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student Becoming a nutrition communications student has introduced me to several wonderful diets and reasons to…

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The History of Adding Sodium
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05.13.2016

The History of Adding Sodium

By Lisa Kaschmitter, Arizona State University Nutrition Student   Sodium levels in food and the way a high daily intake of sodium affects our bodies…

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Eat Beans and Live Longer?
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04.11.2016

Eat Beans and Live Longer?

By Angela C Torrence, RDH and ASU Nutrition Student   In any kind of weather, I can’t help but crave hearty home-cooked meals. In my…

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B is for Breakfast
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09.10.2014

B is for Breakfast

It shouldn’t be news that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and yet many of us are still skipping breakfast.  So we…

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