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Research on foods that fight cancer – and that may also aid cancer survival – is ongoing and active. Take Action Make a Gift Now Your gift now will help further critical research, studies and trials to help prevent cancer. New Hospital Cuisine: Dishes Made to Order. Lodi Memorial Working To Erase ‘Bad Hospital Food’ Cliché. CBS Sacramento (con't) Affordable Care Act Updates: CBSSacramento.com/ACA Health News & Information: CBSSacramento.com/Health Don't Miss This Firing Squad Or Hanging?

Lodi Memorial Working To Erase ‘Bad Hospital Food’ Cliché

AG Candidate Wants Death Penalty For Corrupt Lawmakers 2nd Teen Dies, 3 More Fight For Life Following Vacaville Crash Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning. Sign Up LODI (CBS13) – A new kitchen and a hotel-style room service option for patients and family members has been unveiled at Lodi Memorial Hospital, offering a novel counterargument to complaints about hospital chow. Actual *Good* News from a Hospital Food Service Department!

Just when we thought that all hospital food service departments were a nutritional mess, this amazing story came to my inbox!

Actual *Good* News from a Hospital Food Service Department!

Do you remember Becky, the nurse who stood up to the hospital she worked for to refuse the flu vaccine, and she won? (Health Care Workers: How to Refuse Mandatory Vaccines and Not Get Fired.) Well since then she quit her job to go back to school in Chicago to become a Naturopath. In the meantime she was interviewing for a nursing job there to pay the bills and sent me this email: Hi Kelly!

Here’s an excerpt from that link: Eating GreenEach day, an increasing number of us are turning down preservatives and processed foods for the health benefits of organically grown fruits and vegetables. Hospital Food So Fresh, Even The Healthy Come To Dine : The Salt. Hide caption Executive Chef Tony DeWalt picks some lettuce from Fauquier Hospital's "culinary healing garden.

Hospital Food So Fresh, Even The Healthy Come To Dine : The Salt

" Photos by John Rose/NPR Hide caption The food starts, literally at ground level, In the hospital's garden located just outside the cafeteria. It overlooks the hospital's million-dollar view of the Virginia countryside. Hide caption Even in early May, food service staffers harvest fast-growing lettuce that will be used in the cafeteria's salad bar, as well as in patient meals — along with herbs like oregano, dill, sage and chives. Hide caption The all-organic garden is also home to ripening strawberries, tomatillos, spinach, and even lavender to use for aromatherapy. Hide caption "We believe that food is nurturing," says Zach Erickson, Fauquier's director of nutrition services.

Hide caption The meals on seniors nights at The Bistro go for $4.50 a plate. Only "The Bistro" is no stand-alone restaurant. Does it exist? - Health care, wellness, food nutrition, exercise, medical research news from reporters who know the halls of the world's top hospital. Hospital food.

does it exist? - Health care, wellness, food nutrition, exercise, medical research news from reporters who know the halls of the world's top hospital

Yuck, right? Ranks right up there with bland school lunches and nuked airline "meals," goes the stereotype. Well, not all hospital food is lousy, according to the folks at Chowhound, a great site for restaurant reviews, recipes and good foodie tips. There's an amusing post on a Chowhound message board asking about the quality of food in hospitals around the country. People have chimed in with tales of unclassifiable "meat covered in sauce" and "gummy oatmeal" to tasty Asian stir fry and enchiladas so scrumptious one patient didn't want to go home. Hospital food - is it really that bad? - Campbell Live.

Good Question: Does Hospital Food Have To Taste Bad? CBS Minnesota (con't) Affordable Care Act Updates: CBSMinnesota.com/ACA Health News & Information: CBSMinnesota.com/Health By Dennis Douda, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Hospital food is a punch line in a lot of movies and television comedies.

Good Question: Does Hospital Food Have To Taste Bad?

You don’t even need to explain to get a laugh, just bring out the fiberglass tray and make a sour face. After more than 20 years in hospital food services, Monica Wilm knows the reputation. The food is blah, boring and bland; the deadly three Bs, about as exciting as strained peas. “It had no salt, sugar or fat in it. In effect, people who were not on a restricted diet had to eat the same safe food that 40 percent of people in the hospital needed. Today Methodist Hospital’s kitchen looks more like a restaurant than a healthcare facility. The breakfast, lunch and dinner choices can be ordered from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Why is hospital food so nutritionally bad? Mario Rizzo asks me: Why is hospital cafeteria food so poor from a nutritional point of view?

Why is hospital food so nutritionally bad?

Fried chicken, preservative-filled cold cuts, cheese everywhere, etc. Keep in mind I am not talking about the food served patients who may have appetite problems. It is food they serve everyone else including doctors and nurses, many of whom know better. You'll find some proximate answers here, referring to the institutional arrangements for supplying the food. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why is Hospital Food Often So Bad? - mobile wiseGEEK. As the lead culinary chef at a local hospital, I can assure you that my staff strives their hardest and works long hours to be able to provide our patients with an excellent dining experience.

Why is Hospital Food Often So Bad? - mobile wiseGEEK

No one wants to be in the hospital and most people do not like to eat food while they're there, because of the massive reputation and bad stories that people heard about hospital food. Every day I struggle to defeat this reputation improves my patience of the people who eat my food that this is simply not the case.