Rosh Hashanah: 'Kosher Baker' is the savior of the non-dairy dessert course

Paula Shoyer offers up dozens of options, even flan and tiramisu without the dairy

Diets to your door: Do the latest home-delivery meal packages cut the mustard?

We asked Dr Denise Thomas to analyse eight different home-delivery diet packages, and rate them in terms of their overall healthiness and their ability to help you lose weight.

Parenting a child with food allergies: How to live with the spendy challenge

Grocery store specials on milk, butter and other pantry staples offer little promise for Brenda Eich to save money. Her youngest son has an intolerance to milk and soy protein. Those two ingredients rule out anything from macaroni and cheese to ice cream for 5-year-old Carson. He doesn't get anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction that can cause death. But he does have gastrointestinal problems ...

Beyond Vegetarian: The Vegan Diet

Eating Vegan Benefits Both Individual and Environmental Health With recent studies linking high red meat consumption with certain types of cancer and environmental ills such as global warming, avoiding animal products is one measure that a growing number of people are choosing to take to promote health in body and community. “To continue supporting the meat and dairy industries made me feel sick ...

Heartland Pasta Ends the Reign of Sticky, Tasteless Gluten-Free Pasta

KANSAS CITY, Mo.----When gluten-free dieters have wanted a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, they’ve had to dial back their taste expectations and settle for bland, sticky pasta – if they could find gluten-free pasta on grocery shelves at all.

The Truth About Vitamins

Vitamin and mineral supplements have their place in meeting dietary gaps, but you might want to think twice before popping a pill instead of eating your vegetables. When it comes to supplements, what we don’t know just might harm us. In the ‘90s, researchers found that beta carotene supplements increased the risk of lung cancer in smokers, despite the reported benefits of diets rich in beta ...

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M elanie Hohman, a civil engineer by trade but a baker at heart, broke down crying Friday afternoon while recounting how some families with autistic children were telling her how hard it was to come by gluten- and sugar-free cupcakes and dairy-free birthday cakes for their little ones, whose behavior can be affected by their diets.

The detox debate

Detox devotees claim they are cleansing their body of toxins, but are these regimens just a fast track to poor health?