Courtesty of Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension “Weight loss schemes are more lucrative and offensive than ever,” said Francie M. Berg, a licensed nutritionist ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & LifeShelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Last year I received a grant to offer training to child care providers on ways to encourage children to eat more nutritious foods. ... READ MORE
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Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Blueberry wine can provide more potentially healthy compounds than white wines and many red wines, according to a new University of Florida study. Researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Zinc is an essential nutrient, but until now, there has not been an effective way to measure it in our bodies, say University of Florida researchers. The researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found that the variety of bacteria in a child’s digestive tract is strongly linked to whether that child develops type 1 diabetes. The connection could eventually give doctors an ... READ MORE
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sugar Belle — a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market — will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production. The mandarin ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS ExtensionGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just in time for what federal authorities warn could be an extremely severe flu season, University of Florida research has revealed a fundamental mechanism behind zinc's immune-boosting power-it ramps up one of the body's ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research, Work & LifeCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Coffee and tea drinkers, take note -- a University of Florida study says a beverage made from a native holly tree might be just the thing to give you a caffeinated ... READ MORE
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By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 392-3567 Sources: Jeffrey Brecht - jkbrecht@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1928 x213 Jean-Pierre Emond - jpemond@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1864 x229 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have obtained ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFASBy: Mickie Anderson - (352) 273-3566 Sources: Nan Jensen - njensen@ifas.ufl.edu, (727) 582-2100 x28445 Karla Shelnutt - kpagan@ufl.edu, (352) 392-1778 x240 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Eating well as you age can be tricky. You generally need fewer ... READ MORE
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