About Dr. Gourmet

My name is Timothy Harlan and I am both a physician and a chef. This blog is a general collection of information and random ideas on eating great food and eating healthy.

You can find out more at the Dr. Gourmet web site. Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!

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Ask Dr. Gourmet Newsletter for September 6, 2011

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I’m undergoing chemotherapy for B cell lymphoma. Are there any tasty recipes you can recommend that are high in calories to help stop the weight loss?

A: Two fantastic books deal with this [...]

Vitamins; Diets for Multiple Conditions; More : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Q: Is the product Vitamin Water Zero a hoax or does it have some redeeming value?

A: My opinion is that this is a scam. There’s no reason to take multivitamins except in some very specific cases and there’s no [...]

Papaya; Age and Weightloss; More : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I’ve been following a Weight Watchers type diet for 2 1/2 months now. I’m 44 yrs old, 5′4″ and weigh just over 150 lbs. In the past, as recently as last year, I have been able to go a month or two with a [...]

MSG; Coumadin and Acai : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: For several months I have been looking for low-acid tomato canned products. I read someplace that you can buy these items, but there was no source given. Have you heard of this?

A: At this time there [...]

Cholesterol in Sushi; WHR and BMI: Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I was reading your article about BMI and WHR today. I didn’t understand what one had to do with the other. What is a good Waist to Hip Ratio and what is a bad one?

A: As [...]

Ask Dr. Gourmet

Q: I have looked all over the label and online, but I cannot find out how much Vitamin K is in a serving of Low Sodium V-8 juice. There are leafy vegetables listed in the ingredients, but Vitamin K is not listed on the label. Is this [...]

Garlic and INR; Pre-Diabetes : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I have been on Warfarin for post-PE blood thinning for about two and a half months now. I started reintroducing items containing vitamin K into my diet – the margarine substitute Earth Balance instead of butter, and some green vegetables. Specifically I’ve [...]