We often have leftover poultry, since I always want to make fresh for Shabbos dinner on Friday nights. I also want to make enough in case we have unexpected company. Then if we don’t have company, we’ll have enough left over for another meal. I used to make whole chickens every week, but since starting […]
Eating like 1 year old
I was driving yesterday and someone on the radio said that in the 1960s the average woman weighed 140 pounds and the average man weighed 166. Today the average woman weighs 166.2. The announcer said, “I don’t think that’s what those fighting for equality in the 60s had in mind.” When I heard that, I […]
Room for Cream? The Mystery of “Half-&-Half”
What the heck is “Half-&-Half”? Why does the stuff show up on retail shelves? It’s a wholesale product: It makes for coffee-shop convenience. Its existence says: “Where customers desire expensive cream, we pre-dilute it , to expedite consumer-delivery in a fast-serve setting”. It makes good business sense for any self-serve establishment. But: In the home? The […]
FODMAP and BTD
In early March my Honorable Husband had all the symptoms of diverticulitis. He had had two previous attacks. We were out of town at the time, so he went to a walk in medical clinic. The doctor concurred that it looked like diverticulitis and gave him two strong antibiotics. The treatment worked, and the diverticulitis […]
Sabbatical
Resumen del primer libro ERFYT
Quisiera presentarles un resumen del primer libro escrito por el Dr. D’Adamo, Eat Right 4 Your Type (‘Solución a una dieta individualizada’), publicado por la prestigiada revista medica The Townsend Letter For Doctors La teoría del Dr. D’Adamo es sin duda la opción de dieta o estilo de vida, individualizada y preventiva, que permite mantenernos saludables, […]
Como los tratan las alergias esta primavera?
Los que padecen alergias sufren más problemas de sueño que el resto de la población. ¡Ponle remedio! Como cada año y con la llegada de la primavera, las alergias afloran. Pero además de los síntomas particulares (rinitis, estornudos, irritación ocular…), los que padecen de alergias también sufren de insomnio y se acentúan síntomas de estrés. […]
Raisin Syrup
This year, I was able to obtain a rather large quantity of Passover packaged foods from a kosher food pantry after I’d already done most of my Passover shopping. Plus, the shopping list already included a few treats for the kids, such as macaroons and marshmallows. I found myself in the unique situation of having […]
Over hydration
La Dieta de acuerdo al ‘Genotipo’
Por medio de múltiples medidas antropometricas de torso, de pierna, así como medidas comparativas de dedos índice y anular, D2 y D4, proporciones de cadera con respecto a cintura, la forma y dimensión de la cabeza, ángulos de mandíbula, características dentales y huellas digitales, las cuales nos ayudan a obtener historial prenatal y genético. A […]