My friend Robert Irvine wondered what kind of sandwich would remind us of him? So- heading to the kitchen we came up with something that reminds us of Robert. Since he is a Brit, the first thing that came to mind was fish and chips…but we got more creative than that.
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You don’t have the 24 hour flu – you have been poisoned by food. Here is how to protect yourself – and by the way, cooking something to death is not the way to do it – pink is ok.
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The single best thing you can do to lose weight is to learn to cook. Appreciate great food, develop a palate, and this will change your life. In my weight loss surgery practice I spend more time teaching my patients to cook then I do operating on them. But there is cooking and there is eating, so hand-in-hand with the cooking is learning to eat smaller portions, of great tasting food.
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There is an epidemic of gun violence against children in the United States. Children are killed by guns at the equivalent of two Newton shootings a week. I couldn’t take kids dying in my ER from this- and I am hoping all sides will come together and help end this senseless violence.
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MSG – is not the culprit in “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” and is an important ingredient in foods, and our biochemistry. Despite concerns raised by early reports, decades of research have failed to demonstrate a clear and consistent relationship between MSG ingestion and the development of health conditions.
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There continues to be concerns about toxicity of Sous Vide bags and the cooking process.
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Salads are the enemy of weight loss. But do you know why? The salad dressing sabotages the salad, with most dressings containing over 100 calories per tablespoon. A McDonald’s hamburger has about half the calories of your average restaurant salad.
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You pull the turkey out of the oven, let it rest for 20 minutes, and as you carve it you notice the turkey is pink. Is the turkey safe to eat. Before you throw away the turkey and go to a restaurant, consider it may very well be safe. See here.
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The medical device tax has been misrepresented as something that would cost American jobs – and some bloggers have cited companies. In fact, it won’t cost jobs. Here are some of those companies and why they are losing jobs- nothing to do with Obama-care. This is an excise tax, which is like many other excise taxes that are used in this country.
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