KTK-Nutrition

Do you know anyone trying to lose weight?   Have you asked them what weight-loss diet they are on?   Many people look towards fad diets promising quick weight loss.   Some people go on a cleanse diet.   But is that fad diet healthy?   Is the fad diet missing food groups, missing nutrients your body needs?   Watching TV, I heard a newscaster say, “I am going on the Whole30 diet.   I do it every January.”    Sad for her as she is choosing to go on a diet ranked as one of the “Worst Diets” by U.S News & World Report.   Last week we talked about weight loss diets that will help you lose weight and are good for your health including:   Weight Watchers (WW) , the Flexitarian Diet and the Volumetrics Diet .   If you are overweight, losing weight is a good choice.   But you don’t have to choose an unhealthy fad diet to lose weight.   Too many people want a quick fix and then choose diets that are actually bad for their...

Many people think about dropping a few pounds and look for a great weight loss diet.   Everywhere you look there are ads for quick weight loss diets or a diet pill that seems to magically take off weight easily.   Despite the claims, most of us know there is nothing easy about losing weight.   Yes, many diets will help you drop pounds quickly only to have those pounds return when you go off the diet.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but lifestyle changes like more exercise and more healthy foods.   A relative gained some weight over the holidays.   Rather than going on a fad diet, she joined Weight Watchers – now called WW.   When eating out with her recently, she pulled up the WW App on her phone to record her points.   She finds the WW plan easy to follow.   I have no doubt she is on her way to losing the 7 pounds she gained.   Like this relative, if you do want to drop...

Best diets for health in 2022. So many people talk about “eating healthier” and then go on a fad diet thinking it is good for their health.   What are some diets that are good for your health?     What does “eating healthy” mean?   In the last two blogs we discussed simple changes you can make to start eating healthier.   There are diets to follow, not for weight loss but for a healthier you.   In the class I teach, students are always recommending we should “eat healthy”.   But when I ask them what this means they often struggle to come up with specifics.   Instead of making a resolution to go on a “diet” this year, why not go on a “diet” to eat healthier?   Are there healthy diets to follow?   A diet not for weight loss or weight gain, but just a healthy eating pattern? Not a “diet” you go on for a week or two but a lifelong way to eating healthier every day.      I was watching TV recently and saw the commercial for t...