Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: How many milligrams of potassium would be acceptable in a recipe if you are trying to bring your potassium levels down?
A: One of the [...]
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Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: I love to roast all different kinds of vegetables, such as broccoli, asparagus, peppers, green beans, zucchini, etc. I think it gives them a great flavor. I have read that when you roast or cook vegetables, they lose their benefits, that you [...] Coffee may well be the most misunderstood food item – right up there with shellfish. People assume it’s bad for them – specifically, that it’s bad for their heart – when the available evidence simply doesn’t bear that out. For example: it doesn’t appear to cause [...] Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: I just read CNN’s latest article highlighting Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.’s plant-based diet to prevent heart attacks and reverse heart disease. His diet recommendations counter many items in the Mediterranean Diet. See this excerpt from [...] Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: How many milligrams of potassium would be acceptable in a recipe if you are trying to bring your potassium levels down? A: One of the most common [...] Chocolate cravings are an interesting phenomenon: over 45% of undergraduate women in the United States report having a regular craving for chocolate, and over 90% of women admit to craving chocolate at least once in their lives. Oddly enough, this phenomenon seems to be largely [...] Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: Is green tea extract effective in controlling blood glucose? Is it better just to drink a cup of green tea daily? A: I would avoid all green [...] Dr. Tim Says…. In a number of Dr. Gourmet articles I have talked about various foods that are high in antioxidants. Understanding antioxidants and oxidation can be a bit challenging and we get mail from readers asking about just what this means.
Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: My husband is diabetic, and I am a cancer survivor. With the guidelines given to me to minimize recurring of the cancer, as well as my health in general after chemo, it seems easier for me to follow a diabetic diet than [...] Brain tumors make great television, but the truth is that they’re pretty rare: the risk of developing a brain or nervous system tumor of any kind are between 4 and 8 per 100,000 person-years. Since they’re so rare, there’s very little opportunity for studying prevention. [...] |
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