KTK-Nutrition

Breakfast – the most important meal of the day.   But, most people say they don’t have time for breakfast.   Some solutions?   Fast food for breakfast?   Yes, you can drive through or pop in and get some pretty healthy food.   Or, when grocery shopping, pick up some breakfast items you can take with you on the drive to work, on the train to work or to eat quickly at your desk before work starts for the day.   The Business Insider has a great article on healthy breakfasts you can order at fast-food restaurants.   Who doesn’t like fast-food?          Healthy Breakfasts to order at fast-food restaurants with suggestions from Business Insider and other healthy foods to choose for breakfast.           1.  Panera – a favorite restaurant of mine for a healthy lunch.   But stop in for breakfast and order the: a.        Power Almo...

Who doesn’t like cheese?   Cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, cheese and crackers.   Many studies have been done on cheese and its health benefits.   So what is the latest – is cheese healthy or bad for our hearts and bodies? The recent issue of the Wellness Letter from the University of California reported on the latest cheese research (Say Cheese?, September 2015).  They noted the French consume a lot of cheese as I can verify having visited France last year.   Cheese and bread at breakfast, cheese and bread at lunch.   The French love their cheese.   Yet, the French have relatively low heart disease rates.   Why?   Heart Health – many people say cheese is not good for your heart because cheese has some bad fat in it, saturated fat.   A study in 2013 found no link between eating a lot of cheese and heart disease.   Another 2012 study found followed Swedish women for 12 years.   Surprisingly, the women who ate ...