Q: My brother thinks that drinking Fresca is the same as drinking water. He is diabetic and takes pills to control his numbers. He is about 30 or more pounds overweight and he drinks about 6 cans of Fresca each day. I told him [...]
Chef Tim Says….
When I am creating recipes I choose ingredients that are lower in calories but very satisfying. Sometimes this means simply cutting down on the amount of fat in a dish by using healthier oils or leaner meats. A recipe might call for [...]
It may interest you to know that the food you keep at home provides 72%, by weight, of all food that you eat. This is assuming that you do not prepare most meals at home, however. If you do make most of your meals at home (breakfast [...]
Q: I am trying to prepare the best hard boiled eggs for friends. My procedure is to boil them for at least 10 minutes over a medium flame, then I let them sit and cool down so I can peel them. Now isn’t that the [...]
Dr. Tim Says….
One of the most amazing “diets” that I have come across recently is the “Negative Calorie” diet.
There has long been a theory that some low calorie foods actually burn more calories during digestion than that particular food [...]
When my patients ask me for help with weight loss, the first thing I tell them to do is to keep a food diary. As I noted in my Real World Diet Coaching Essay on “Why You Should Keep A Food Diary,” I think [...]
Q: My husband has type 2 diabetes as well as congestive heart failure. He is 67.5 years old, is 5′7″ and weighs 313 lbs. Is there a place where I can get recipes that deal with all three issues?
Eating Healthy: Coffee
[This article is part of The Real World Diet Coaching Program, an ongoing series on The How and Why of Eating Healthy. Read the whole series to date.]
Back when David Letterman had his heart trouble a few [...]
Q: People say that muscle weighs more than fat. Is that true?
A: Muscle density is 1.06 grams per milliliter (g/mL) and fat is 0.9 g/mL. That means that muscle is about 18% denser than fat. [...]
Q: I have been on Weight Watchers and they want you to get 3 servings of milk a day if you are over 50, as I am. I don’t see a concentration of calcium in your menus. Any advice?