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.
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 [...]
Q: I like to use old recipes. I made a lasagna from a 1970’s era recipe of mine. It was very (too) salty. I used Italian sausage (Johnson brand), ground beef, tomato paste, mozzarella cheese (Rouse’s brand), ricotta, an egg, and only added [...]
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 [...]
Q: I presume from your comments on Pradaxa that all the dietary restrictions for those taking Coumadin would also apply to someone using Pradaxa. Is that correct?
Q: I know that high fructose corn syrup is bad for me. Now that I’m reading labels more carefully, I’m very surprised at how often it shows up in prepared foods, even as an additive in supposedly healthy whole-wheat bread. I love to [...]
This week’s death of Blair River, the 575 pound spokesperson for the Heart Attack Grill is disturbing to be sure. First and foremost because this young man was only 29 years old. This means that he lived a scant 11 years as an [...]
Q: I like to use old recipes. I made a lasagna from a 1970’s era recipe of mine. It was very (too) salty. I used Italian sausage (Johnson brand), ground beef, tomato paste, mozzarella cheese (Rouse’s brand), ricotta, an egg, and only added [...]
Q: Find your website incredibly valuable and recommend it frequently. Thank you so much. My question: Is there a connection between obesity and sleep / insomnia?
Q: I am on the MAOI Parnate and I cannot have anything with tyramine in it. Could you tell me exactly what is in the Acai Berry fruit? I ordered the freeze dried berry in a capsule. I’m just not sure if I [...]
Q: I appreciate your writing about salt and sea salt. How can Campbell’s Soups claim that they have used sea salt and have, therefore, less salt? That has really been bothering me.