KTK-Nutrition

Fruits and Veggies – so good for our health.   The September 2018 issue of Consumer Reports has great health articles.   Everything from healthy leafy greens to Fruit and Veggie Superpowers .   Most people know that fruits and veggies are loaded with vitamins, minerals and fiber that we need for good health.   But unlike some other foods , fruits and veggies are also loaded with “phytochemicals”.   Sounds bad to have chemicals in our food. But these “phytochemicals” actually help us prevent disease, reduce cell damage and help fight inflammation.   A win-win for our health.   An interesting fact is that different fruit and veggies have different phytochemicals.   So, eating a variety of fruits and veggies is actually better for your health than just eating an apple or a banana every day.   (But I do eat a banana EVERY DAY, but vary other fruit and veggies I eat.) So, what are some of fruits in the article 10 Super-Healthy Sumer Fruits and ...

Who doesn’t like some fresh fruit?   My husband brought home a watermelon this week.   It was summer sweet.   All kinds of fruit will soon be coming your way as summer approaches; strawberries ripened on the vine, cherries from Washington, blueberries from Michigan.   Not only is fruit delicious it is super healthy, low in fat and low in calories.   Consumer Reports has an excellent article on 100 calorie summer fruits (June 2018) and 100 calorie picnic foods .    If you are going on summer picnics or barbeques soon, read what a 100-calorie serving of barbeque foods look like.    Enjoy some 100-calorie fruit:   most fruit is so low in calories that you can eat a handful or more and enjoy a number of servings throughout the day.   Yes, fruit has “sugar” but this is the natural sugar, fructose.   It is the “added sugar” that we should be cutting back on, not the natural sugar in fruit.   Some people mistakenly believe f...