If you have not yet encountered his weekly column, Ken Gordon, who we Portlanders know as Kenny (of Kenny & Zukes), has been writing about his diabetes and the healthy choices he has been making as a result. What started as a short series has since become a monthly column filled with insightful lessons on how a smart diet and healthy diet can fit in with anyone's life... including the owner of a pastrami-centric (read calorie-centric) restaurant.
Today's column is particularly interesting and offers some advice that I simply love: Stop Eating Processed Stuff! Here's an excerpt: "The first thing I did when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome was to stop eating refined carbohydrates -- white flour, white rice, white pasta, etc. -- and sugar-sweet drinks (including fruit juice), cake and cookies and the rest. As in right away and completely. No large orange juice in the morning, no root beer with lunch. No sugary desserts, or rice -- other than a small portion of the brown variety -- with my Kung Pao chicken. And though I wasn't consuming a whole lot before, no fast foods or convenience foods (you know, in packages with more than about six ingredients). One of the best things you can do to improve your diet immediately."
One of the reasons that Dine In 2Nite exists is to help people who really crave those processed foods by providing a healthier version made with REAL FOOD, from scratch. So the next time you think about eating convenience foods, fast foods, or frozen meals, think about giving us a call instead.
