Real Food in hospitals!
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hwillm1977
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After a 4 day stay in the hospital when I had my daughter, I've decided there's no such thing as real food in the hospital...
In our hospital all food is pre-prepped at a mass producing factory in Quebec (thousands of miles away) and shipped here to be re-heated... even TOAST is pre-toasted a thousand miles away, frozen, shipped and then microwaved before it's put on your tray... and you get a soggy, spongy, really gross piece of toast.
Although there was a cafe in the hospital and it has nicer food than the patients get but still nothing like fresh, organic healthy food.
In our hospital all food is pre-prepped at a mass producing factory in Quebec (thousands of miles away) and shipped here to be re-heated... even TOAST is pre-toasted a thousand miles away, frozen, shipped and then microwaved before it's put on your tray... and you get a soggy, spongy, really gross piece of toast.
Although there was a cafe in the hospital and it has nicer food than the patients get but still nothing like fresh, organic healthy food.
me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
Our local hospital is winning awards for its local food. In fact, I just dropped off 15 bunches of kale and 4 pints of berries there last week
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
me&thegals: 
My daughter was served liquid food in a tube.
However, I loved her hospital food choices when she finally woke up and could eat real food. You could pick from a menu every day. They even featured a different farmer's market veggie every week. (Yeah, there was other stuff like corn dogs, hamburgers etc. But the fact that you could order veggies, salad and healthy proteins was awesome.)
Same went for the food in the cafeteria, the place I ate 3 meals a day for a month. Yes, there was typical 'slop', as I call it, but they had other choices that were very healthy...fresh salads, sourdough sandwiches, fresh steamed farmer's market veggies, baked chicken etc. Once a month they even had the farmer's market in the cafeteria. I'll admit, I did not always crave/eat the healthy food. (I was stressed beyond belief...and yeah the photos of me back then prove it.)
My daughter was served liquid food in a tube.
However, I loved her hospital food choices when she finally woke up and could eat real food. You could pick from a menu every day. They even featured a different farmer's market veggie every week. (Yeah, there was other stuff like corn dogs, hamburgers etc. But the fact that you could order veggies, salad and healthy proteins was awesome.)
Same went for the food in the cafeteria, the place I ate 3 meals a day for a month.
Yes, there was typical 'slop', as I call it, but they had other choices that were very healthy...fresh salads, sourdough sandwiches, fresh steamed farmer's market veggies, baked chicken etc. Once a month they even had the farmer's market in the cafeteria. I'll admit, I did not always crave/eat the healthy food. (I was stressed beyond belief...and yeah the photos of me back then prove it.)Bubblingbrooks
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Get this. My dad is at one of the top research hospitals that does transplants.
All of his drs and nurses told mom to bring in all the contraband food the she wants for dad.
This includes raw milk, bone broth and veges from their garden.
They have seen the results of eating that way, and have been on board the whole way!
ETA
He comes home Wed most likely, and I will be making him a small batch of the baby formula that I make DD,
along with a strong probiotic, as all the meds he is on are messing with him. And, I am going to see about putting gelatin in all his liquids.
All of his drs and nurses told mom to bring in all the contraband food the she wants for dad.
This includes raw milk, bone broth and veges from their garden.
They have seen the results of eating that way, and have been on board the whole way!
ETA
He comes home Wed most likely, and I will be making him a small batch of the baby formula that I make DD,
along with a strong probiotic, as all the meds he is on are messing with him. And, I am going to see about putting gelatin in all his liquids.
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aggieterpkatie
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An older gentleman was telling us at work that he was at the hospital because of chest pains. Turns out he has to have bypass surgery (I think he had it yesterday), but anyways, he mentioned to us he got lunch from the hospital while he was there. He mentioned a soda and chips!!! What the heck?! Why hospitals would even let him eat that crap is beyond me!
