KTK-Nutrition

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...

So many people want to lose weight.   They try a fad diet and may indeed lose some weight.   But once off the diet, the weight returns and in some cases even more weight than before the diet started.   Making lifestyle changes can lead not only to a healthier you but maybe a drop in some of those unwanted pounds.   EatThis,NotThat has a good article, 20 Healthy Eating Habits to Lose Weight Right Now .   What are some healthy habits they recommend in this article?   Weigh yourself every day – This may sound like a downer to some people, but getting on the scale every day can actually help you lose the weight and keep the weight off.   How?   Researchers at the University of Minnesota found that study participants who weighed themselves every day, lost more weight than participants that didn’t weigh themselves every day.   In fact, they found those who stepped on the scale every day actually lost twice the weight as those who never weighed...