KTK-Nutrition

As the weather turns colder, we think of enjoying a hot cup of soup.   Last week, we enjoyed tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.   True comfort food.   How healthy is soup?   Have you tried making your own soup?   Some recipes are actually pretty easy to make and taste oh so good.   Livestrong asks “ Why is Soup Healthy ?” Vegetables – soup is a great way to add some vegetables to your day.   A relative hates tomatoes but enjoys a bowl of tomato soup.   Tomatoes are loaded with good nutrition – vitamins A and C and the healthy antioxidant, lycopene, which is so good for your eyes.   An interesting fact :   about 80% of our dietary lycopene comes from tomato products like tomato soup.   And, the lycopene from cooked products, like tomato soup, is even more bioavailable than lycopene in raw tomatoes.     Vegetable soup, pea soup, bean soup – so many choices that add some veggies to your day.   Kids often shu...

So many things are added to the foods we eat.   An interesting article appeared in the paper about food additives and our health, especially children’s health.   It is actually hard to find and eat foods that are additive free.   Especially if you buy a lot of ready made food or eat at Fast Food restaurants.   This article is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)new policy statement which encourages families to try to reduce exposure to the synthetic chemicals in our foods.   Three types of synthetic chemicals are focused on, the chemicals in: food colorings, preservatives and the chemicals found in food packaging. What harm are these food additives causing? According to the AAP, some food additives can interfere with children’s hormones, their growth and development.   Some additives are linked to an increased risk of childhood obesity.    How many food additives are there? You may be surprised to learn that over 10,000...

Who knew there are things you are doing that can sabotage your weight loss efforts.   Chemicals in food and other substances that may promote weight gain and not weight loss.   What are these chemicals and where are they Chemicals that may be sabotaging your weight:   What are some things that can sabotage your weight loss progress that you didn’t think about?   Did you know that there are chemicals in your everyday life that may promote the pounds rather than shed the pounds?   The U.S. News & World Report has an interesting article , Chemicals May Be Keeping You Fat .   What are these chemicals and what do they have to do with your weight? What are the chemicals?   They are called PFASs, substances found in food packaging, and in common household cleaners.   They include chemicals such as BPA and BPS.   What do these chemicals have to do with our weight?   A study in PLOS Medicine , found that people who lost weight were more...

As summer approaches, we will be reaching for water bottles to quench our thirst.   Are there water bottles to avoid?   Yes, as some contain BPA which we really don’t need.   Most of us have heard some manufacturers put a chemical in plastic bottles that we should avoid.   What is the chemical and why should we avoid it?   The chemical is bisphenol A or BPA for short.   Manufacturers use BPA to hard plastics, and they put   this chemical in:   Baby bottles, sippy cup s – most US manufacturers no longer put BPA in baby bottles an sippy cups Plastic bottles like water bottles Cans – lining of cans   Why isn't BPA banned?   The Food and Drug Administration was asked to ban BPA but they cited insufficient evidence.   One has to wonder was it insufficient evidence or a strong food lobby that prevented the ban.   But our friends to the North, Canada has banned BPA use in baby bottles so they have recognized the “insufficient...