Eating For Health

Everyone seems to have some hints and advice as to how we can stay safe and keep ourselves healthy during this coronavirus pandemic.   More of us are staying home and cooking at home.   What are some food safety tips to keep you and your family safe? What are the dietitians recommending ?      Before cooking anything – be smart and wash those hands.   Always a good practice before the virus hit our country and now handwashing has become even more important.   Dry your hands with paper towels.   Eat well but avoid any supplements that promise to treat or cure COVID-19.   There are many ways to boost your immune system by eating healthy foods.   Read more at:   Diet Tips to Boost Your Immune System .   Eat This, Not That! Has some recommendations on food safety : Wash produce Wash that produce – if you aren’t going to cook it, be sure to wash carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, tomatoes, other produce und...

How healthy is the pasta in your spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, rigatoni, and other pasta dishes?   So many people have been avoiding pasta as it is a “carb” and they think carbs are unhealthy.   Americans still enjoy their pasta as we eat about 20 pounds of it a year.   How healthy is pasta? Pasta provides a lot of nutrition.   Not just carbs but also protein, about 5-7 grams of protein in a cup of cooked pasta.   The flour used to make pasta is a high protein durum wheat flour which is higher in protein than other types of flour. If you want to add more nutrition to your spaghetti or pasta dish, add some whole wheat pasta.   We usually use about ¾ white pasta and about ¼ whole wheat pasta.   Some people use all whole wheat pasta but it is a taste one needs to get used to.   Most people hardly notice if you add just a little whole wheat pasta.    Even the white pasta provides some fiber.   And pasta is enriched w...

Can you give your nutrition a boost?    Kaiser Permanente recently had an article, 4 Easy Ways to Boost Your Nutrition .   Their focus is on easy ways to healthier eating and controlling your weight. Food is Fuel – to have energy for your everyday activities and for any workout, food is your fuel.   But not just any fuel, focus on fueling your body with high quality fuel. At Least 1 fruit or vegetable per meal – yes, 5 A Day is the goal but if you’re not even meeting that, at least start with always having a fruit or vegetable with every meal.   Packing your lunch, your kids lunch – make sure you add some fruit or a vegetable.   A piece of fresh fruit is easy to pack, baby carrots and hummus, green or red pepper strips.   So many great choices.   Fruits and vegetables not only add important vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to your day, they help fill you up for few calories. Drink more water .     A recent study found that...