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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
Check out these delicious recipes using Arizona grown leafy greens (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) November is the month of gratitude and if there is one thing…
Cereal Flavored Milk, for the Kid in All of Us
Looking for a delicious way to drink milk? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Do you remember watching Saturday morning cartoons as you slurped down the milk left…
15 Fun Facts about Food
Look no further to find out about these fun facts about food (photo credit:BigStockPhoto.com) Most of us eat every day with only nutrition or sustenance…
5 Simple Steps to Get Physical- and Get Healthy
Get physical and follow these tips for an active lifestyle (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) It is a sad truth of our times that most people do…
Training Your Brain to Crave What’s Good for You
Train your brain to like eating foods that are good for you. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Cookies make your brain sparkle, at least during an MRI.…
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What Nutrition Does Spinach Have: Unpacking Spinach’s Health Benefits and Arizona’s Agricultural Legacy
I’ve concluded that spinach is my favorite vibrant and healthy leafy green. I add it to my scrambled eggs to my breakfast menu every morning.…
What Nutrition Does Cauliflower Have: The Culinary Chameleon
Cauliflower doesn’t get its due. But I’m here to change that. At first glance, cauliflower looks like a cloud or a brain, but it’s really…
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