If you look at the list of our reviews, it’s pretty clear that overall, the gluten-free options get better reviews than their more mainstream counterparts. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the frozen meals designed for people with special dietary needs are so [...]
Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: I have celiac disease, and I keep reading that celiacs should stay away from dairy because it promotes inflammation. But dairy has always been one of my main “foods.”
I use raw milk [...]
Chicken & Spring Vegetables and Potato Gnocchi & Cheese
Last month we reviewed two varieties, Chicken Sausage & Spinach and Beef & Vegetable Gnocchi, from Michael Angelo’s new product line: Italian-Style Pies. Despite their disappointingly small size compared to the packaging, both were good and we [...]
Blind Tasting
Tasting food, with a poet’s eloquence and a researcher’s beady-eyed scrutiny, eases the distance separating the gourmand and the weight-minded, the sensual and the scientific.
Or perhaps a better way to describe it is being [...]
Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: As a chocoholic, I was intrigued by a product called Xocai. Among its ingredients is unprocessed dark cocoa powder. It is supposed to be a great anti-inflammatory which I’m always looking for due to pain in my knee and wrist. I [...]
Q: From Aug to March of last year I lost 65 pounds on the Medifast diet which is typically less than 1000 calories per day.
But recently, due to various usual work frustrations, holidays, etc. my weight has [...]
Q: I’ve noticed that many of your featured recipes recently include cilantro. Realizing that a large percentage of the population loves the herb, I absolutely detest it. And seeing as how I love your recipes in general, I was hoping you could offer some [...]
Q: My partner has said for years he thinks he’s lactose intolerant. He can fairly easily digest skinny milk (i.e. only 0.10 grams of fat per 100ml), as well as goat’s cheese. He finds the biggest culprits for upsetting his stomach are yoghurt made [...]
Q: Recently I received my cholesterol numbers and they were high. I enjoy mozarella cheese but have been hearing of the health benefits of quark.
Is eating mozarella cheese going to affect my cholesterol numbers? What are [...]
Dr. Tim Says….
[This article is part of The Real World Diet Coaching Program, an ongoing series on The How and Why of Eating Healthy. Read the whole series to date.]
The research on Mediterranean style diet does [...]