UA campus dining nutritional plan

By Brittany Gregg, Opinion Editor

January 27, 2016

With spring semester in session and winter weather fluctuating, students cannot help but evaluate their eating habits aside from whether or not they like their new class schedules. Whether you reside on campus and pay for a meal plan or commute from home where family dinner is served, it is important...

Are you losing money going gluten-free?

By Madeline Leapaldt

February 9, 2015

When I say gluten, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? One probably thinks of the gluten-free craze and how maybe one should go on that diet too. It works for other people, right? As a representative of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, I’m here to say that the truth behind gluten...

How to make your body inhospitable to cancer cells

By Justin Cohen, Writer

December 1, 2014

What really is cancer? Cancer is simply a temporary malfunction in your normal cell division process.  The human body is an incredible complex system designed to be able to heal and protect itself against injury or disease. To allow your body to gain its fullest functioning potential to protect you,...

UA students bombarded by weight loss ads

January 29, 2013

Kara Hemphill Unfortunately, January is a time when you can’t turn on a television without seeing a commercial for some ridiculous diet food. It goes without saying that the new year is one of the most popular times to lose weight, and companies take advantage of this frenzy by bombarding viewers with ads...