If you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol or just learn how to eat healthy, you've found the right place. My free, interactive diet planner, My eatTHISdiet, will help you create weekly meal plans - complete with recipes and shopping lists - to make eating better easy for you and your entire family.
My eatTHISdiet is perfect for those with food allergies or health issues like GERD / acid reflux, lactose intolerance, and those who use Coumadin® (warfarin).
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Try My eatTHISdiet - The Comfort Food Diet!
People think that those comfort foods you grew up with are bound to be full of fat and calories and unhealthy ingredients, but they don't have to be. With my recipes, you can eat those familiar, comforting foods like Meatloaf or Macaroni and Cheese - and still eat healthy.
The Comfort Food Diet is not designed for those with food allergies or special dietary needs, such as those taking Coumadin ® (warfarin), on low-sodium diets, or those who are lactose intolerant. If you have one of those special needs, you'll still want to use the original My eatTHISdiet. Ready to try The Comfort Food Diet? Register now!
Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!
Timothy S. Harlan, M.D.
Dr. Gourmet
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Coumadin® (warfarin) GERD (Gastroesophageal
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Intolerant? Eating
Healthier At Fast Food Restaurants |
Low-Cholesterol
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Healthy Eating for Kids The Mediterranean Diet |
If you’re taking Coumadin, you need to watch your intake of Vitamin
K. This guide will help you manage your diet successfully. Food lists,
recipe guides, and more! 
Fight GERD with Dr. Gourmet's healthy recipes, with easy “tummy
tips” to help you manage your reflux. 
It’s not unusual to have difficulty digesting lactose and needing
to avoid foods containing cheese or milk.
This index will help guide you to Dr. Gourmet
recipes you’ll safely
enjoy. 
I have to admit that I seldom eat at fast
food joints: I much prefer to eat great food.
That said, sometimes you don't have any choice. I've created a listing
of items from various fast food restaurants that will help you make
healthier choices. 
Has your doctor told you that you have a problem
with your cholesterol? You've come to the right place. The recipes and
meal plans on the Dr. Gourmet website are low-fat and low cholesterol. 
A healthy diet gives kids a great start on a healthy life. Here are some great snack ideas and guidance
for the children in your life. 
Research on the Mediterranean Diet forms the basis for all
Dr. Gourmet recipes and eatTHISdiet meal plans, whether it is The Comfort
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Featured Recipe
Pecan Shrimp Linguine
This is made a Pantry Meal by virtue of the use of frozen shrimp. In experimenting with frozen fish products I have found them to be quite good. Keep in mind that many of the grocery stores are selling you fish that was frozen, shipped and thawed just before being put into the seafood counter. If you handle the fish carefully, you can get the same results as you would with fresh — and you’ll always have fish on hand.
It’s best to thaw the fish in the refrigerator. It takes about 6 hours, so you do have to plan a little bit. After it is thawed, pat the fish dry with a paper towel because sometimes there’s retained water. Likewise, cooking in a larger pan then you think you might need is a good idea because the steam generated will evaporate away.
Health & Diet Resources
What's Your Body Mass
Index?
A lower Body Mass Index means you live a longer, healthier life.
Do you need to reduce your BMI? Find out
now.
Waist-Hip Ratio
This easy-to-calculate measurement is a good indicator of your
risk of health problems like heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure
and diabetes. What's your WHR?
The Health of It All...
Have a question about the health qualities of a particular food?
Perhaps you want tips on safe food handling? This
index will guide you to a wealth of health information about the foods
you eat.
Ask Dr. Gourmet
Have a question about food or health? Dr. Harlan fires up his
computer to answer readers' questions, from the appearance of plaque to
healthy school lunches. Ask Dr. Gourmet.
Dr. Gourmet Reviews
When you can't make the time to cook, Dr. Gourmet has reviewed
common convenience foods so you know what's eating well and eating
healthy.
Ingredients
Specific information about hundreds of ingredients in the Dr.
Gourmet kitchen. Read all about them!
Equipment
Which equipment is essential to a well-stocked kitchen? What
is a mandoline? What they are, and where
to find them.
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Dr. Tim Says...
Just as with people’s expectations of how fast they should lose weight, there’s a disconnect these days between what people weigh and what they think they ought to weigh. There are a few ways to look at what your best weight should be, but Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most reliable to help you know what a healthy weight is for you.
The BMI is based on a calculation that estimates weight in relation to height. There are more precise measures of weight, but BMI allows researchers a quick and inexpensive way to compare the weight of different populations. It also lets you compare yourself to the findings of researchers on what is considered a healthy weight.
It is pretty clear that being overweight can have serious effects on health. There are well established connections between obesity and illness with heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, breast cancer, colon cancer, arthritis and stroke being the most common problems. How Much Should You Weigh?
Chef Tim Says....
I want you to know how much I appreciate all of your support in making Dr. Gourmet so successful. Over the last few years we have worked hard at creating a website to help you eat better. All along I have wanted to make sure that everything we do is based on reliable, sound research.
At the same time I’ve wanted to create recipes that you can use and that are able to satisfy a wide variety of tastes. You can find simple comfort food recipes and dishes that might help you expand your culinary horizons as well as more complicated “gourmet” meals. I get so much positive feedback from you along with great ideas and suggestions.
One area that we get the most positive comments on is the recipes that are a little easier to cook and take less time. Making Great, Healthy Food Easier Than Ever
Isis and Minerva
The next dish that we had was Caribbean Escolar. Before it came, I had absolutely no idea what escolar was. But when it arrived alongside freeze-grilled jerk pineapple on rectangular plates, in the hands of finely dressed waiters, I learned that it was fish. Knowing absolutely nothing about what kind of fish it was I took a bite.
It was the best tasting fish I have ever had. The fish was warm, softly flaky, and almost creamy. It seemed to be pan seared in butter, which had a wonderful effect. The outside of the fish was salty and slightly crisp, and it sealed in the creamy flavor of the fish beautifully. I had to make myself stop eating the fish.... A Meal at Moto: Course Three
Hand on Heart
Dr. Harlan's latest cookbook, Hand on Heart, includes several of the recipes from drgourmet.com, plus a few that were developed specifically for the book, like Banoffee Pie! More on what's inside.
Resources for Physicians and Health Professionals
Dr. Harlan says, "These handouts and
resources are very beneficial in my practice. Patients respond well
to information handouts and I have provided them here for your convenience.
Feel free to download these handouts, make copies, and hand them out as
you find them useful."
Includes warfarin (Coumadin®) guides for patients, gout and cholesterol handouts, and food and diet resources on this website. More...
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