Monday, January 07, 2008

Hospital Food

"...why is sugar fed to people that are trying to get well? And margarine and creamer/milker were on the menu each day. No butter or cream here! Important to get your daily dose of trans fats and hydrogenated oils, after all. Much better choice than saturated fat, which our bodies need to get the vitamins and minerals into our cells. Oh yeah. Food cooked to death so I guess there are no vitamins left to transport. No worries then - no transportation needed. By offering up trans fats, cell messaging will be blocked instead. That will help people heal...."

Read the full article online at Vreni Gurd's blog: http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=158

Also see this link of an Oregon hospital making big changes in the food it serves: http://www.foodalliance.org/newsroom/articles/2006/This%20is%20hospital%20food%20(The%20Oregonian)%2003-07-2006.pdf

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