KTK-Nutrition

  Eating out at a Fast-Food place?   What sandwiches are healthier options and which sandwiches should you skip?   WebMD has some good suggestions for you.   Why should you skip some sandwiches?   Calories for one.   Some sandwiches are loaded with calories and often loaded with fat.   Here are some sandwiches to avoid and some sandwiches to enjoy. Burger King What to skip?   Skip the Triple Whopper with Cheese .   Good to have the lettuce, tomato and onion but not so good to have the 3 beef patties.   This sandwich packs a whopping 1299 calories and that is before you add any sides like a sugared soda and some fries.   Why so many calories?   Because this sandwich is loaded wit 90 grams of fat.   Since fat has 9 calories a gram, that is 810 fat calories.   More fat than many people should have in an entire day. What to choose?   Instead of the Whopper, choose the Original Chicken Sandwich .   Ye...

Summer is here and many of us are out and about enjoying some time off.   Many are enjoying more meals out or grabbing something to eat while running errands.   Or, we are going on vacation and then eat more grab and go foods.   How can you eat healthy when you are away from home?   Eat Right from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has some useful tips.   Actually, they have a month’s worth of tips and here are some of them. Plan ahead – a relative is going out of town on a business trip.   She knows the conference is offering a hotel breakfast.   But not really “breakfast” as it has been sweet rolls, juice and coffee.   Not really a healthy choice. So, she brings bananas, some granola bars and eats her breakfast in her room.   When we travel, we often bring breakfast items with us and healthy snack items like peanuts, whole grain crackers and fresh fruit.   Some hotels do offer a healthier breakfast such as oatmeal, real cow’s m...