Choosing a Pasta Sauce
by Shereen Jegtvig
Many of us enjoy the convenience of opening a can or jar of pasta sauce compared the hours it might take to make a pasta sauce from scratch. And some of us like to take that jar of pasta sauce and add a few extra fresh ingredients to boost the flavor (and if you add tomatoes, spinach, garlic, or mushrooms, you can boost the nutrition and health benefits too).
There are a lot of different brands and varieties of pasta sauces, some made with tomatoes and some white sauces. How do they stack up nutritionally? In general, pasta sauce made from tomatoes are lower in fat and calories than the white cream sauces, and the red sauces are rich in a phytonutrient called lycopene that is good for your heart and for men’s prostates. This is one of those times when a processed food is better than raw – you’ll get more lycopene from tomato sauce than you will from raw fresh tomatoes. Of course there’s a drawback; cooking the tomatoes cuts out part of the vitamin C. Read more
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Quick Meals – Be Picky with the Pasta Dinners
by Shereen Jegtvig
I know that a big reason so many people have developed poor eating habits is the perception of not having enough time to prepare healthier meals. A lot of you are just too busy to spend a couple of hours cooking dinner. So that means you’re more likely to rely on convenience foods, like those boxed pasta dinners. They’re easy – just boil the pasta and add the sauce – and lots of people love the taste. But here’s the problem, they’re loaded with sodium and food additives.
Eating too much sodium is connected to having high blood pressure, which increases your risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and stroke. Highly processed foods are usually high in sodium because they contain lots of additives and flavor enhancers that contain sodium. Those boxed pasta dinners might be some of the worst for high sodium content. Take a look at the huge amounts of sodium per 100 grams of food product with these pasta dinners: Read more
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