KTK-Nutrition

Who hasn’t used the 5 second rule?   You drop some food on the floor and if it is less than 5 seconds, is it safe to eat?   If it is on the floor longer than 5 seconds, is it really more contaminated?   Does the type of floor matter?   The type of food?   Is the 5 Second Rule another food myth?    Believe it or not, researchers have actually studied the 5 second rule.   What foods did they drop and what did they find? A number of researchers have studied the 5 Second Rule the most recent study about Myth Debunked , was published in September in the journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology.   Previously, a high school student studied gummy bears and fudge-striped cookies dropped on a floor contaminated with E. coli.   He found that food was contaminated in less than 5 seconds.    So, what did the 2016 researchers find? What is the 5 Second Rule – the belief is if you drop any food on the ground/floor and pick ...

Everyone knows exercise is good for you, but exercise can be walking every day.   Recent research has good news about how healthy walking is.    Walk After Eating For those with Type 2 diabetes this is especially important but walking after eating is a healthy practice many of us may want to consider.   Walking at any time during the day is a healthy habit.   But walking after eating a meal, seem to have special health benefits. o    Lower blood sugar levels – every time you eat, your blood sugar goes up as your body digests the food.   Taking a walk after you eat, helps lower your blood sugar level. Those who walked after eating had 12% lower blood sugar levels than those who walked at other times a day.   Those who walked after dinner, lowered their blood sugar by a whopping 22%.    So walking anytime is good, but walking after the evening meal is an especially healthy habit. o    Helps prevent heart disease ...

Eating out, what fun!    Last week we talked about how you can enjoy eating out with family and friends but making healthier choices when you do eat out.   As discussed, Consumer Reports has two excellent articles on how one can eat out and make choices that provide less total fat, fewer calories and less sodium.   You can read more about healthier menu options at Dining Out:   Where America Eats and How to Eat Healthier at Restaurant Chains .     This week we will look at menu options that are over the top in calories and fat and healthier choices at two popular restaurants.    A relative was recently eating out at Olive Garden with some friends.   Her friend ordered, The Tour of Italy, a dinner classic recipe.   This relative calls the Tour of Italy, “heart attack on a plate”.   Why?   Maybe because it has 1520 calories just for this entre and 860 of those are calories from fat.   So even before one orders and...

Who doesn’t like to go out to eat?   Fun, good food and so many places to choose from.   But, eating out can lead to lots of calories, sodium and too much fat in our diets.   How can one enjoy eating out without loading on the calories and fat?   Are there healthier menu options to choose from?   In their November 2016 issue, Consumer Reports has a great articles on Dining Out:   Where America Eats and How to Eat Healthier at Restaurant Chains .   They note how much money we spend on eating out, a lot.   On fast food, Americans spend $262 billion a year and on sit down table service restaurants, $206 billion.   The article focused on rating the restaurants but also contained great advice on healthier menu options at America’s most popular table-service restaurants.   What should consumers do BEFORE they go out to eat?   Most restaurants have their menus published online and most provide detailed nutrition information.   T...