A lot of folks keen on losing weight have been convinced that a diet low in fat and protein and high in carbohydrates is the way to go. Seems intuitive, doesn’t it?: Don’t eat fat and you won’t get fat. That’s why, odds are, this year someone at your Thanksgiving table will be giving thanks without giving your perfectly browned holiday turkey a second look. Instead they’ll be opting to load their plate with their favorite high-carb “health foods”—sweet potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. If you’re a regular reader of my blogs, you already know what I think of high-carb…
CNN keeps airing “The Last Heart Attack,” in which Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells the story of how and why President Bill Clinton was put on a vegan diet by Dr. Dean Ornish, and how Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's #1 selling book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease echos the same dietary advice. As you know, reversing disease is something I care a lot about, but I'm not convinced Dr. Essylstyn's heart attack proof diet is delivering what he promises. Does this story really have a happy ending? Early in the show Dr. Gupta discusses Clinton’s strict vegan diet and defines its underlying philosophy:…
For gardeners -- and gardener's neighbors -- coping with the mid summer zucchini run, you may think you've got too much zucchini until you've tried this delicious no-noodle, low-carb optionally vegetarian lasagne. (Just skip the pepperoni if you'd prefer the vegetarian version.) We ate this low-carb lasagne as a side with baked chicken, actually we ate this first because it was done first. But honestly, I would almost rather have skipped the chicken and polished off the entire tray of lasagne. MMMmmm, cheeseyness... Ingredients: Tomato: 12 oz cans x2, chopped/diced unseasoned or 2 large garden fresh Zucchini: 1 giant (2.5…
TRIM Program participants have voted these recipes as their favorites! Clicking on recipes will link you to an outside website called Sparkpeople.com--a huge website with many recipes only a few of which are suitable for TRIM program participants. Those are all included here at DrCate.com as either breakfast, lunch, or dinner selections. Dinner Menu Selections Seared Pork Chops Great with just a little salt and freshly ground black pepper and we also like a little ground sage sprinkled on them. Carbs: 0.1g | Fat: 17.3g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 39g | Calories: 322 GARLIC-ROSEMARY ROAST CHICKEN When we cook this we do not…
