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Skin Cancer Prevention
If you live in Arizona you probably spend much of your time outdoors. With nearly 300 days of sunshine annually in this amazing state how…
How to Care For Your Skin after a Sunburn
Living in Arizona you are bound to get at least one sunburn in your lifetime. It is important to take precautions to prevent this from…
Best Foods for Expecting Mothers
Congratulations, you are pregnant! The food choices you make every day you are pregnant can affect your heath and the health of your baby. It…
Is It Food Poisoning Or The Stomach Flu?
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even though the American food supply is among the safest in the world, there are about 48…
Are You Getting Enough Dairy In Your Diet?
Arizona’s 188,000 dairy cows provide us with the freshest milk, cheese and yogurt. On average, a dairy cow will produce 7 gallons of milk each…
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…
9 Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Beating Back the Bulges Are you one of the more than nine million Americans (and 1.8 million Arizonians) who have vowed to lose weight in…
Pass the Milk and the Lactaid, Please
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau: I get all sorts of fun questions from our Arizona families inquiring about Arizona agriculture and even specific nutrition…
Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens
[caption id="attachment_11334" align="alignright" width="300"] Check out these delicious recipes using Arizona grown leafy greens (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] November is the month of gratitude and if…
Cereal Flavored Milk, for the Kid in All of Us
[caption id="attachment_11266" align="alignright" width="200"] Looking for a delicious way to drink milk? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Do you remember watching Saturday morning cartoons as you slurped…
15 Fun Facts about Food
[caption id="attachment_11259" align="alignright" width="300"] Look no further to find out about these fun facts about food (photo credit:BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Most of us eat every day with…
5 Simple Steps to Get Physical- and Get Healthy
[caption id="attachment_11262" align="alignright" width="300"] Get physical and follow these tips for an active lifestyle (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] It is a sad truth of our times…
Training Your Brain to Crave What’s Good for You
[caption id="attachment_11231" align="alignright" width="300"] Train your brain to like eating foods that are good for you. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Cookies make your brain sparkle, at…
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How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake—and Why It Matters
Decades ago, in a time when eating healthy wasn’t the societal norm, my mother took a firm stand against sugar in our household. If we…
Spinach: The Superfood That Packs a Punch and is Grown Locally in Arizona!
When was the last time you pondered the wonderfulness of spinach—a leafy green so packed with goodness it might just deserve its own superhero cape?…
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