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Nourishing Your Pregnancy: Key Nutrients to Consider for a Healthy Future

by Jessie Erwin
October 6, 2025

Welcome back to Nutrition Stories, a series exploring hot topics in nutrition and dietetics. Today's guest is Maria Alejandra Corredor, a graduate of the UF Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) in the Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calcium, DHA, Dietetics, Folate, Folic Acid, FSHN Nutrition Stories, Iron, Maria Alejandra Corredor, Nutrients, Nutrition, Nutrition Stories, Pregnancy
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Tracing the Long-Term Impacts of Biosolids on Florida’s Sandy Soils

by Mike Loizzo
May 8, 2025

What happens to nutrients and metals in soil long after biosolids—a byproduct from sewage treatment—have been applied to the land? That’s the question JoAnn Donald, a graduate student in the UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Biosolids, Calcium, Environment, Eutrophication, JoAnn Donald, Phosphorus, Seminole County, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Yang Lin

Calcium and Vitamin D are Important Nutrients

by Brenda Marty-Jimenez
June 25, 2023

Why do we say “Get your calcium-rich foods”, “Get enough Vitamin D”, and “Eat low-fat or fat-free dairy products?” Why do I need to eat or drink calcium-rich foods and food containing Vitamin D? These two nutrients can provide ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Always Follow Your Healthcare Provider's Advice, Calcium, Calcium Is A Mineral, Cheese, Consume Dairy Products, Eat Calcium Rich Foods, Eat Low-fat Or Fat-free Dairy Products, Fortified Soy Milk, Get Enough Vitamin D Every Day, Herring, How Much Calcium Do I Need?, Keep Bones Stong, Milk, MyPlate, MyPlate Dairy Group, Osteoporosis, Salmon, Sources Of Calcium, Sources Of Vitamin D, The Blue Group On MyPlate, The Dairy Group, Vitamin D, Yogurt

Orange Juice is One Good Source of Vitamin C

by Brenda Marty-Jimenez
May 4, 2022

Did you know, May 4th is National Orange Juice Day? Consider starting your day off with a glass of tasty orange juice or a fresh, sweet orange added to a healthy breakfast. Pack a delicious orange in your lunch.  Bring a bag or bowl of flavorful ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: #AllinforCitrus, #FoodIsOurMiddleName, #NOJD2022, 5 A Day, A Healthy Diet, Broward County, Calcium, Delicious, Delicious Fruits And Vegetables, Eating For Good Health, Enjoy Florida Orange Juice, Florida, Fortified, Healthy Breakfast, Hydration, Immunity And Vitamin, Immunity And Vitamin C, National Orange Juice Day, Orange Juice, Orange Segments, Orange Slices, Oranges, Pandemic And Flu Season, Pith, Recipes Using Oranges As An Ingredient, Vitamin C, Vitamin D

Stages of Life Workshop – CANCELLED

by Tennille Herron
March 2, 2015

Unfortunately, due to lack of registrants, the Stages of Life Workshop has been cancelled. Call us at (850) 926-3931 if you have any questions. Thank you! Local Wakulla County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Shelley Swenson, has partnered ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Calcium, Change, Community, Educational, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Free, Health, Healthy, Hormone, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Informational, Management, Menopause, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Women

Healthy Eating: Calcium

by Tennille Herron
December 24, 2014

Shelley Swenson is your local Extension Agent III UF/IFAS Wakulla, Consumer Sciences Agent Calcium is a major mineral found in your bones and teeth. Often, we do not get enough in our diet. As we get older, we are at risk for the bone ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calcium, Children, Community, Cooking, Diet, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Nutrition In Action, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA Concerns, Food, Food Safety, Gluten Free, Health, Healthy, My Plate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Uncategorized, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Healthy Eating: Calcium

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 24, 2014

Shelley Swenson is your local Extension Agent III UF/IFAS Wakulla, Consumer Sciences Agent Calcium is a major mineral found in your bones and teeth. Often, we do not get enough in our diet. As we get older, we are at risk for the bone ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calcium, Community, Cooking, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Food, Food And Nutrition, Food Safety, General Information, Osteopororsis, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

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