It’s an axiom among dietitians that “people eat food, not macronutrients.” That’s one of the reasons that I find fad diets to be so silly: so many of them demonize entire classes of foods (”all oils are bad,” “avoid all carbohydrates,” “don’t eat animal products”). While [...]
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Macronutrients vs. Overall Diet: Which is More Important? : Dr. Gourmet's Health and Nutrition BitesThere are a lot of misconceptions about the Mediterranean Diet, and of course the biggest one is that you can only eat Greek food. Long-time readers and followers of Dr. Gourmet know that Dr. Gourmet’s mission is translating Mediterranean Diet principles for the American (Western) [...] Not long ago a reader wrote to me and asked what reducing our salt intake was going to prevent. He seemed to think that the need to reduce our sodium intake had not been adequately established and that the issue was not salt itself but [...] Recently researchers in Sweden compared the effects on appetite and satiety of eating rye porridge for breakfast or a similar number of calories of whole wheat bread (Phys Behdoi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.10.023). Why rye porridge? When rye grains are processed into whole grain rye flakes for porridge the [...] It probably won’t surprise you that kids between 3 and 16 tend to prefer sweet and fatty foods, and parents know that smaller children often prefer familiar foods that they like and are resistant to new foods. That said, left to their own devices children [...] There’s been a lot of talk about hoodia gordonii, a succulent indigenous to South Africa and Namibia that the natives have used to treat indigestion and to suppress appetite. Now Hoodia extract supplements are widely sold as an appetite suppressant, although its safety hasn’t been [...] A couple of weeks ago I reported on a study on nuts as snacks. That research was testing the theory that those who snack on nuts tended to reduce their food intake later in the day in order to at least partially compensate for the number [...] Certainly there are times when it’s a good idea to take extra vitamins or other supplements, but these are limited to people in pretty specific populations: for example, during pregnancy, if you are a woman of childbearing age, or if you are following a vegan [...] 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 [...] Professional chefs agree: presentation matters. That’s why you’ll see them carefully arranging the food on the plate for best effect, then wiping off any drips or drabs that may fall on the edge of the plate.
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