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Florida’s growing rice industry: Discover the potential and benefits of this versatile crop at the August 8 Field Day

by Lourdes Mederos
July 31, 2024

Rice, the vital crop enjoyed by more than half the world's population, boasts a versatility that's hard to match. Across continents, many countries and cultures make the grain their own center of the plate, a side and even incorporate it ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agronomy, Calvin Ordero, De-Fen Mou, Everglades Agricultural Area, Everglades Research And Education Center, Florida Rice Growers Inc., Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jehangir Bhadha, Julien Beuzelin, Matthew VanWeelden, News, Research, Rice, Rice Cultivation, Soil And Water Sciences, Sugar, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County, Water, Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat

Go Easy on the Ice Cream

by Shari Bresin
June 26, 2024

Did you know July is National Ice Cream Month? And rightfully so; summertime and ice cream go hand in hand. You may have heard that ice cream is a way to get calcium in your diet, but it’s also a way to get excess calories, fat, and added ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calcium, Calories, Fat, Ice Cream, Sugar

Healthy Halloween Alternatives

by Shari Bresin
October 13, 2022

Trick Or Treat: Sweet Alternatives By Syreeta McDonald, Extension Intern For most people, October marks the beginning of the holiday season. If you celebrate Halloween, you are likely already stocking up on the seasonal candy to pass out ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Candy, Halloween, Sugar

UF researchers find new sugar substitutes in citrus that could change food and beverage industry

by Ruth Hohl Borger
September 19, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, Fla.—Americans’ love affair with sugar can be a deadly attraction that sometimes leads to major health problems, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. Finding natural, non-caloric sugar substitutes is desirable but challenging. ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Flavor, Natural Sweetener, Plant Breeding, Ruth-borger.borger, Sugar, Sugar Substitutes, Yu Wang

Sweet Season Has Begun

by laduncan
October 29, 2021

Sweet Season has Begun “Sweet” season can be year-round, but the season begins with Halloween and continues through to Valentine’s Day. Many of our family traditions include special desserts and side dishes that have added sugar. Thanksgiving ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Holidays, Labels, LuAnn Duncan, Seasonings, Sugar

Pandemic eating among the food-secure: more comfort foods, but not a drastic increase

by Brad Buck
January 5, 2021

During the first three months of the pandemic, food-secure people did not change their eating habits very much, although some of them turned a bit more to comfort foods, new University of Florida research shows. The study also serves as a cautionary ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Comfort Food, Covid-19, Eating, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food-secure, Jeanette Andrade, Nutrition, Pandemic, Salt, Snacks, Stress, Sugar

Did the updated nutrition label change sugar consumption? A study explains

by Tory Moore
November 17, 2020

The new nutrition label attracts more attention to sugar and calorie content, but did not impact consumer choices when asked to choose between sugary beverages and healthier options, a recent UF/IFAS study says. This year, the U.S. Food and ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Added Sugar, Food Labels, Labeling, Nutrition, Sugar, Updated Nutrition Label

Pumpkin Spice Lattes

by Shari Bresin
September 19, 2019

In Florida, you can’t tell that it’s fall by watching the local weather report. Instead, you know that it’s fall based on the amount of pumpkin-flavored products found at coffee shops, bakeries, and the grocery stores. By now, you have ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calories, Latte, Pumpkin, Sugar

A Brief History of Our Sweet Addiction

by Samantha Kennedy
February 22, 2019

Article and audio introduction by Samantha Kennedy, Family and Consumer Sciences America's Sweet Tooth It sounds a bit morbid, but a corpse’s teeth can say a lot about their life, including what they ate and the state of their overall ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Diet, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Food, Sugar, Sweeteners, Wakulla Extension

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