KTK-Nutrition

COVID is in the news almost every day.   A new variant is popping up, etc.   The news recently was fascinating.   Are there foods or supplements that not only can help prevent COVID but also reduce symptoms?   Why hadn’t we heard this before?   You may have seen the many headlines about Probiotics can Reduce COVID Symptoms and Delay Disease .   Researchers at Duke University have come out with surprising findings about probiotics and COVID.    What did the Duke University study find about COVID and probiotics? Before COVID, researchers already knew that probiotics were helpful in preventing respiratory infections.   In March 2020, before many people had been vaccinated for COVID, Duke researchers studied unvaccinated individuals who had been exposed to COVID.   They studied 182 people, with half getting the probiotic lactobacillus and the other half taking a placebo pill.   Even though the research was cut short because study participants started to get vaccinated against COVID, t

So many people make a resolution to lose a few pounds in 2024?   If you or someone you know wants to drop a few pounds, what are the best weight loss diets to be on? Many weight loss diets don’t change your lifestyle but offer a quick solution but for many a temporary solution.   You may lose some weight but once you go “off” the diet, you gain the weight back.   US News & World Report not only ranks the best diets for overall health (last week’s blog topic ) but also the Best Weight-Loss Diets .    What makes a weight-loss diet a winner?   The experts ranking the diets looked for both short- and long-term weight loss results.    They noted some diets did well in the short term, people lost weight on the diet, but long-term results, not so good.   A diet really isn’t successful if you gain all the weight back that you wanted to say good bye to.   What are the Best Weight-Loss Diets for 2024 according to the US News & World Report?      Number 1:   Weight Watchers