KTK-Nutrition

Who knew that what you eat affects your sleep.   Yes, overeating can lead to upset stomachs and affect your sleep.   Once my husband and I went out to a French restaurant.   We ordered some food with heavy sauces.   Our mistake.   We felt so full afterwards that we both could not sleep.   Others avoid coffee in the evening as the caffeine keeps them awake.   But are there foods that help promote better sleep? Americans need their sleep as the CDC says about one-third of us are failing to get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep every night.   The Cleveland Clinic notes, A good night’s sleep is critical to our health, giving our bodies time to rest, repair and rebuild. There are no magic foods that will immediately help you sleep.   But there are foods and beverages that can help.   In general, eating foods higher in fiber and lower in saturated fat can lead “to deeper, more restorative sleep”.   What pre-bedtime be...

Introduction :   In the nutrition class I teach, students were asked to write a blog post on a nutrition topic. One of those students, Morgan Petoskey, wrote an interesting blog post on a healthy diet.   Students were also asked to conduct some of their own “research” on the nutrition topic and that research is shared in her post.   I welcome Morgan Petoskey as a guest author to this week’s blog post.   Source:  Best Diet Why is it so hard to stick to a diet?   Every year, hundreds of thousands of people celebrate the new year and their first resolution is to eat “healthier”, but what exactly does that mean?   Most people go to the gym more and count calories, others try and cut out carbs from their diets.   Most people get this mindset that says we aren’t trying too hard, and some diets are just really hard to stick with.   What would be an easy diet to stick to that has easy solutions?   The answer is simple, try the Mediterranean di...