Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: My husband’s borderline diabetes is compounded with a high potassium count. This makes it very difficult to maintain a Mediterranean diet. Do you have recipes or advice for this particular problem?
A: There [...]
Dr. Tim Says….
Baloney.
It’s so easy to beat up on this seemingly innocent little cold cut but it just has to be done. This is the prototype of what you should not be eating at lunch. That [...]
I will admit that I don’t like reviewing chain restaurants. I don’t eat in these places because I find the food to be pretty awful, and my dread begins with the research before I even leave the house. Reviewing the nutrition information is, quite simply, terrifying and [...]
I get questions about snacking all the time: “What should I have for snacks?” or “Is this a healthy snack?” While I’ve written essays about what to snack on, people do seem to have trouble with their snacking. What is the difference between a meal and a [...]
I love layered food. Lasagna, eggplant parmesan, tamale pie, Shepherd’s Pie… We’ve been reviewing a number of versions of these in the last few weeks with fair success.
There’s no shortage of such dishes in the grocery store. It’s an [...]
It’s not all bad. One of my colleagues who is a neurologist does have a good lunch when he’s in clinic. His nurse (who used to be a chef) puts this together for him. He is from Iran and there’s always a bit of a Middle Eastern twist with olives, fruit, nuts, ahmok wafers, avocados [...]