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Growing and Cooking with Herbs: A New Episode of Your Central Florida Yard Podcast


May 12, 2025

In this episode of Your Central Florida Yard podcast, Andrea Nikolai, the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent, joins us to talk all things herbs! From growing to cooking, health benefits to recipe ideas, it's thyme for a fun episode! Many ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes
Tags: Andrea Nikolai, Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Central Florida, Family And Consumer Science, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Growing And Cooking, Health, Herbs, Master Gardener Volunteer, Nutrition, Polk County, Polk County FL, Polkgardening, Polkmg, Spices, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County, Your Central Florida Yard Podcast
madre amamantando a su bebé.

En esta fecha dedicada a las madres, una especialista en nutrición de UF/IFAS ofrece una guía sobre cómo la lactancia materna beneficia a la madre y al bebé


May 7, 2025

Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS.  Tanto la Organización Mundial de la Salud como la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría recomiendan alimentar exclusivamente con leche materna a los bebés durante ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS
Tags: Academia Estadounidense De Pediatría, Amamantar, Anticuerpos, Ask IFAS, Barreras Sociales Y Biológicas, Bebes, Beneficios, Dar De Mamar, Dar De Pecho, Departamento De Ciencias De Los Alimentos Y Nutrición Humana De UF/IFAS, Dia De La Madre, Diana Taff, Edis, Español, Galactagogos, Guias, Infantes, Inmune, Investigaciones, Lactante, Lecha Materna, Leche, Leche Materna, Madres, Mamá, Mamas, Microbioma Intestinal Infantil, Mother's Day, Organización Mundial De La Salud, Patogenos, Pecho, Posparto, Recuperacion, Salud, Spanish, Tasa De Lactancia, UF-IFAS

Breastfeeding provides health benefits to both babies and their mothers, according to new UF/IFAS guides


May 7, 2025

Both the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that infants exclusively breastfeed during their first six months of life, but only 24.9% in the United States do, according to Centers for Disease Control and ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family
Tags: American Academy Of Pediatrics, Baby, BRCA1, Breast Milk, Breastfeeding, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Diana Taft, Donate, Donation, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Formula, FSHN, Galactagogues, Health, Healthy, IFAS, Immunity, Infant, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Mother, Motherhood, Nursing, Nutrition, Pathogen, Pediatric, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Research, Sick, SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, World Health Organization

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