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 [...]
Q: I have diabetes and high blood pressure and am looking for a salt substitute. I bought NoSalt, but the label said people with diabetes or high blood pressure should not use that. What are others without the high potassium level?
In our ongoing pursuit of decent meals at chain restaurants we turned to one that is a bit more upscale. The Daily Grill is not as large a chain as some we have reviewed, but there were high hopes that since the food is [...]
“New Recipe!” they both say on the box. These are full meals from Healthy Choice – entree, veg, starch and dessert. This week I chose their Beef Tips Portobello and their Classic Meat Loaf, which have 270 and 360 calories respectively. The amount of sodium in each meal is fairly reasonable – for processed foods: [...]
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 [...]
About a month ago I had to update our page on Low Sodium Diets (Bite, 03/03/10). Turns out the estimates of how much salt people in the United States were consuming, on average, had gone up: to over 10 GRAMS of salt per day for [...]
I have said in the past that the typical American eats over 6000 milligrams (or 6 GRAMS) of sodium per day. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (2010;362:590-9) means I’m going to have to update that figure: the latest estimates, [...]
Q: Would you recommend a website with healthy diets that would help to INCREASE MY HDL, good cholesterol?
A: The Dr. Gourmet recipes are designed to do just what you wish — lower total cholesterol, raise HDL cholesterol and lower [...]
Q: Where does all the sodium come from in your Hummus recipe for Coumadin (warfarin) patients? Can it be eliminated?
A: There are a number of [...]
Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: I am a 30-year veteran of the Army and in pretty good condition. I am active, no weight problems and (other than fried chicken) eat pretty reasonable meals. My big drawback is cholesterol. Mine has been as high as 285. My family has a [...]