Culinary Medicine

Flu Vaccine: Better Ones Coming: But Get Vaccinated

Flu vaccines will be made faster, and more specific in the future. The new approved Flublock will also have less “preservatives” than the current vaccine. Vaccination is still far superior to supplements, vitamins, tam-flu, or any other “product” out there.

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Coke and Obesity- What the Body Does with The Calories

Coca-cola is joining in the fight against obesity. While the company has done some great things around the world, this fight is disingenuous at best. The marketing of free-fructose in large quantities is responsible for a great deal of the obesity epidemic in this, and other countries.

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Beer Batter Halibut Sandwich

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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24 Hour Flu Does Not Exist: Its Food Poisoning

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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Losing Weight and Keeping it Off

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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Guns and Violence: A Surgeon Speaks Out

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: Does Chinese Restaurant Syndrome Exist?

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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Sous Vide and Plastics

There continues to be concerns about toxicity of Sous Vide bags and the cooking process.

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Salads: The Myths

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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