Thanks to Mary McDougall, I now know how easy it is to make delectable dishes without any added oils. And believe me, turning me away from slathering everything with coconut oil was no small achievement. I hadn't realized just...

When I was traveling throughout Rajasthan, India last year, I was the only person in my small tour group who opted not to endure chemoprophylaxis (taking preventive medicines such as mefloquine, doxycyline and malarone) to prevent malaria. Like all drugs,...