KTK-Nutrition

So easy to go to a Fast-Food drive thru and pick up a quick bite to eat.   Fast Food meals can easily add extra calories and fat to your day and probably a lot of added sugar.   If you are going for some Fast Food, are there some healthier choices?   Dr. Oz and others have some recommendations.   Yes, you can choose some healthier options at Fast Food establishments and this blog will give you some ideas on how to do so. Dr. Oz provides 4 healthy Fast-Food suggestions (these suggestions are adapted to make even healthier):       1.  Hamburger – some people put hamburgers into a junk food category.   But hamburgers provide protein and a serving of grains. I would recommend a cheeseburger and not a hamburger.   Add cheese and you now have 3 out of the 5 food groups recommended by MyPlate .   Dr. Oz not only includes hamburgers on his Fast-Food list but states : “If you’re craving a burger, go for it!”   Choose a h...

Last week I shared 4 of the Healthy Eating Habits the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition recommends.   The Council has Eight Healthy Eating Goals , and this week we will look at the remaining 4 healthy eating habits you can adopt in 2017.   So many people think healthy eating means giving up food.   But for many people, healthy eating means adding food to your day – adding more fruits and vegetables, adding whole grains.   Yesterday, I was in a grocery store and the mother of a toddler was buying a carton of Juice Drink boxes.   She probably thought this was a healthy choice but she was really buying mostly sugar water for her young child.   Had she bought real juice she would have been offering her toddler something with nutritional value rather than a drink of empty calories.   Making some small changes in the foods we choose to eat and buy each day can have a major impact on our health.   Simply buying real juice instead of j...