As I noted last week, small children won’t eat what they don’t like, and vegetables are at the top of the list of things that small children don’t like and won’t eat. So it’s probably no surprise that children don’t get enough vegetables in their [...]
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There are all sorts of appetite reduction tips that I hear from my patients. Some swear by chewing gum to reduce their appetite,although at least one study indicates that it doesn’t actually affect appetite. People also talk about having a glass of water before meals, and [...] Do family meals affect family weight? In the past thirty years or so we’ve seen fewer families eating dinner together regularly, and this has coincided with the increase in individual’s waistlines. Plenty of studies have looked at the relationship between family meals and weight in children, [...] When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it seems that all people talk about is how to lose the excess weight (and we here at Dr. Gourmet are no exception). There’s plenty of information, ideas, strategies and tips for successful weight loss – the weight [...] 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…. When I am giving talks, people will often ask about low-carb diets. Truthfully, the Atkins and South Beach diets are just plain silly. Worst of all, they’ve created a myth that pasta is bad for you. Really! Why would anyone ever want to [...] Meal replacements have long been a popular way to lose weight. Metrecal was one of the first meal replacement drinks, introduced in the 1960’s as a high protein powder that could be mixed with water and drunk in place of a regular meal. Slim-Fast in [...] Conventional diet wisdom says that you should eat every 2 to 3 hours. The claims vary from diet to diet, but eating more frequently than three times a day is supposed to do things like improve your metabolism, reduce hunger, improve glucose and insulin control, and help [...] We’ve had a lot of new subscribers recently (welcome!), and I thought it might be helpful for us to share a few of our “greatest hits” or most frequently-asked questions on a variety of topics. You can always check to see if your question, or [...] |
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