Fall is upon us and for many of you you're already feeling the weather change to cool and crisp. The leaves are starting to concentrate their sugars, turn colors and eventually dry out. Well, I just found out another cool reason to eat butternut squash that helps your skin stay smooth and not dry out . . . keeping us younger and younger looking! Butternut squash is a good source of Vitamin E, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium and Magnesium, and a very good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese. I’d like to focus on the Vitamin A attributes of this particular squash because it’s pretty darn cool what it does: Vitamin A was the first vitamin to be discovered in the early 1900s. Vitamin A is part of a large family called retinoids. This is because Vitamin A is primarily needed by the retina (the part of the eye that lets you see light). But vitamin A does more than just “feed” your retinas. • Acts as an antioxidant to boost immunity • Protects you fr
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