Category Archives: Fruit
Acne is Not Just About the Diet
By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern You know that cliché movie where the teenage girl has a date coming up and a pimple appears right in the middle of her forehead. I fully relate to this and I know … Continue reading
Does Early Vitamin A Supplement Reduce Infant Mortality?
By Jessica Bombace, ASU Nutrition Student First and foremost, Vitamin A deficiency is well known in the world to poor and underprivileged populations. A vitamin A deficiency can cause serious complications if left untreated. According to the World Health … Continue reading
Planting Through the Low Desert Seasons
By Cricket Aldridge, Urban Farm Lifestyle Editor One of the coolest things about gardening in the Sonoran Desert is that we can grow every month of the year, with the hardest time to grow being July through September, although … Continue reading
Salad for Every Season
By Lori Meszaros, ASU Nutrition Communication Student Arizona’s climate gives you an abundance of produce that can be grown year-round, making it salad time any time of the year! Adding more salads into your weekly meal plan is an … Continue reading
Ripe vs Unripe
By Laura Slatalla, ASU Nutrition Student As fruit ripens, the nutritional composition of it changes too. Enzymes in the fruit start to break down the starch into simpler sugars, so the glycemic index starts to rise. Riper fruits will give … Continue reading