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Food as Medicine

By Kent Hamaker posted 11-07-2018 08:36

  
The connection between wellness and food is getting more obvious all the time. Here’s how foodservice professionals are walking the walk and helping their customers get balanced and feel great through better-in-every-way, expertly marketed, clearly communicated, fully functional nutrition.

Tara Fitzpatrick | Nov 06, 2018

Famous ancient doctor Hippocrates once said, “Let your food be your medicine.” But somehow along the way, that message seemed to be lost to the sands of time. Within the last few years, though, it’s being rediscovered. The medical community is looking to foodservice professionals to essentially “keep the doctor away,” but it’s going to take more than “an apple a day.” It takes education. Onsite foodservice providers are in a unique position to influence the everyday food choices of their guests for the better, and we’ll take a look at the changes in attitude toward “health food” and the implementation of such changes: marketing programs, community outreach, integration with educational programs and wellness initiatives that are leading the way.

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