KTK-Nutrition

Who doesn’t like pizza?   Is pizza healthy?    How can you make healthier choices and still enjoy pizza?   Many people, including some nutritionists, ban pizza thinking it is unhealthy.   But we enjoy pizza at least once a week.   We make modifications to our pizza to make it healthier and we add some healthy sides.   Consumer Reports had a great article on the Best Frozen Pizza .      They taste tested 26 frozen pizzas and found some that are reasonably healthy.   Yes, ordering out and having that pizza delivered is great.   But many of us enjoy a frozen pizza a couple of times a month.   If you do, what are some of the highly rated frozen pizzas and how can you “doctor” them up to be healthier? What are some healthier options in frozen pizza? Frozen pizza would probably not be considered a “health food” but there are healthier options.   Choose a plain cheese pizza or a veggie pizza if you want a healthier cho...

Enjoy that pasta and cover it with some spaghetti sauce.   How healthy is spaghetti sauce?   Are some brands healthier than others?   What should you look for when buying spaghetti sauce? Is spaghetti sauce healthy? Yes.   Spaghetti sauce provides vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants.   All good for your health.    Vitamins :   Spaghetti sauce is full of a number of vitamins like vitamins A, C and K.   A half cup serving of spaghetti sauce supplies about 10 mg of vitamin C.   An important vitamin for collagen formation and our immune system.   A half cup supplies about 1000 IU of vitamin A or about 20% of what you need each day.   Vitamin A helps us see at night and for our skin as it builds the connective tissue under our skin.   I always tell my students to eat carrots for healthier skin but I can add eat some spaghetti with tomato sauce on it for healthier skin.   Vitamin K – lots of it in spaghet...