KTK-Nutrition

Who doesn’t enjoy some popcorn?   Many people love to indulge in some popcorn when they go to the movies or pop their own at home when watching a movie on TV.   So, what is the bottom line? Is popcorn good or bad for your health?   Well, that depends on how you prepare the popcorn and what you put “on” the popcorn. Does popcorn have any nutritional value? Popcorn is actually loaded with good nutrition.   A few years ago, I was preparing for class and a student came in early and was eating a snack.   I happened to walk by her seat and she hid the snack bag as fast as she could.   I asked her what she was snacking on and she sheepishly pulled out a bag of popcorn.   I told her popcorn is whole grain and a very healthy snack – good choice.   She then proceeded to openly enjoy her bag of popcorn.   Popcorn is whole grain.   Corn is unusual in that it can be a vegetable when we eat corn on the cob, whole kernel corn, creamed style corn...

Some nutrition articles this week were interesting.   Peeling that apple, then maybe you are losing some nutritional benefits.   Is there a mineral that helps prevent cancer?   Apples Many people don’t like the peel of apples and thus cut it off or buy apple slices in a bag with no peel.   Eating fruit is a healthy habit.    The   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention     reports, “Statistics from a 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey show nearly 40% of Americans eat fruit less than one time a day”.    The good news is, over 60% of us are eating fruit one or more times a day.   So eating apples is good, eating apples that are not peeled is even better. Double the fiber – leaving the peel on doubles the amount of fiber you get from eating the apple Potassium – the peel adds 25% more potassium Vitamin A – apples are not a great source of vitamin A, but leaving on the peel adds 40% more vitamin A ...