Adding nutrition information to menu labeling has been, and will continue to be, a hot button topic among the retail food industry. Efforts to curtail the obesity epidemic and the co-morbities that come with it can often seem at odds with the goals of restaurants or convenience food businesses. In March of 2010 Congress passed [...]
Healthy competition is always a good thing, particularly when it comes to customer health and satisfaction. We love seeing healthcare foodservice departments showcase their healthy, innovative initiatives. Not only do they deserve the bragging rights, but they also make other organizations realize that it is possible to create food that is healthy, delicious, and fun. [...]
Eating breakfast has been recommended by health professionals for years. Breakfast, while typically thought of as a morning meal, is anything eaten within an hour or so after waking up. Some of the many benefits found from eating breakfast are improved concentration, increased energy, and a diet higher in important vitamins and minerals. WebMD has [...]
Kidney stones are a painful experience that affects millions of people each year. The older we get the more likely we are to develop kidney stones due to a myriad of reasons. Our diet, medications, weight, genetics, ethnicity, and lifestyle are all involved with a person’s risk. And for those of you working with seniors, [...]
Soda, diet or not, is everywhere. Kids bring it to lunch in their lunchboxes, cafeterias keep the fountain machines flowing, and retail operations can make large profit margins by including it in “value meals”. There are individuals “addicted” to soda, be it the carbonation, flavor, sugar, or caffeine. There are plenty of studies available that show the [...]
San Antonio’s University Hospital is the latest location to join the ¡Por Vida! Healthy Menu Initiative, launched by the Metropolitan Health District. This means that they will offer healthy options in their cafeteria lines, all at under 700 calories, 750 mg of sodium, and no more than 23 grams of total fat. The Healthy Restaurants [...]
Vitamin D has been a very popular micronutrient for the past couple years. It has been the focus of several studies that show the benefits of Vitamin D as well as discovering that the RDA was not meeting our needs. The RDA for Vitamin D was increase and we are continually hearing about new found benefits to adequate levels [...]
A new review, published online before inclusion in a full issue of Nutrition Reviews, looks at published studies focusing on the relationship between refined grain intake and disease risk. The 135 studies for review were published between 2000 and 2010. The summarized study results found that a moderate consumption of refined grains, about half of total grain intake, was not associated [...]
Hospital or institutional food services haven’t always gotten the best reviews. Here at SureQuest we’re changing that. And it IS possible to do that in a way that fits within your budget restraints and organizational goals. Southcoast Health System, a hospital system in Massachusetts, recently competed with nine other facilities to see who could produce [...]
Natividad Medical Center sits in the heart of California’s “Salad Bowl,” and embraces that heritage with its focus on healthful eating. Here’s a paradox. Natividad Medical Center sits in the midst of California’s bountiful Salinas Valley, generally referred to as America’s “salad bowl” for its bounty of fresh produce. Yet, a few years ago, the [...]
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