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Food Can’t Cure You: It Can Kill You

There is a silly idea that food can cure you- it can kill you- but won’t cure heart disease or cancer, or the like. Here is why eating diets rich in micronutrients works, but taking supplements may be a waste of your money, and even your health.

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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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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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Turkey Sous Vide – 90 Second Video

Tired of dry turkey? Check out this 90-second video showing Turkey Sous Vide. The way to make a perfect turkey every time. Perfect holiday meal.

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Myth: Doctors Aren’t Taught Much Nutrition

There is a common myth that physicians are not taught much nutrition in medical school. Often this is stated by people who have never been to medical school, and where they received their information- who knows.

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Scrambled Eggs via Chef Gordon Ramsay

Making the perfect scrambled eggs is an art that is required of any who wish to learn the basics of cooking. Gordon Ramsay has prospective chefs make him scrambled eggs, just to see if they do it right. Well, here is how to do it- along with a video from the man himself.

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Rack of Lamb – With Dijon

Probably one of the most elegant meals you can make- but here is the secret – it is easy to make, and you will enjoy it. See the video recipe here

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Breakfast Myths

Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. Breakfast doesn’t jump-start your metabolism. If you just want a cup of coffee for breakfast- that is just fine.

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