A Healthy Pregnancy
with Faith Bontrager, RN, BSN
The CDC released some great news this week. From 2000 to 2008 the percentage of mothers who initiated breastfeeding increased over 4 percentage points.
This is great news for babies [...]
Chef Tim Says….
The gnarly looking root comes from a plant grown in subtropical and tropical areas (most ginger in U.S. markets comes from Jamaica).
Higher quality young ginger roots are harvested in the spring and are [...]
Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: The dietitian at my local hospital is telling the diners that a glass of V-8 juice is the equivalent of having a serving of 8 vegetables. True?
Chef Tim Says….
Time to buy gifts. If you are stumped for what to get that cook in your life, think about something that will make their time in the kitchen easier and a lot more fun. As long as I have been cooking I still [...]
Chef Tim Says….
For two decades now there has been controversy surround the government labeling tomato paste as a vegetable so that it will pass for one on kid’s plates in school lunch programs. While I am not one who believes that tomato paste should be [...]
Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: Every time I go to your site to look for menus for lowering cholesterol, I end up back at the Mediterranean Diet for low sodium. I do not have a blood pressure problem or salt/sodium problem, just high cholesterol. When can I [...]
Chef Tim Says….
I have had some questions from media recently about the cost of eating at home vs. eating out.
It’s interesting to me that people believe that it’s more expensive to eat at home when [...]
Dr. Tim Says….
In lectures I will almost always have someone ask about cholesterol. This is the one area where people are very confused and here’s an example of a question we get from our readers:
“When [...]
Dr. Tim Says….
With my new book coming out on June 7th (Just Tell Me What to Eat! The Delicious Six-Week Weight Loss Plan for the Real World), I’ve been reflecting on the myriad diets out there. There are lots of them and they make all sorts [...]