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From: Mary <[log in to unmask]>


When my husband was in the hospital, the hospital menu ordering form had a
picture of the "pyramid" on it and the form told the patient to order foods
in the same ratio as the pyramid.


Wow, Mary.  Interesting post.  Here's something I found out during my last
hospital stay.  I went in for a scheduled surgery, so I called the head
dietician prior to my admittance.  I was prepared for a fight because I
consider any hospital dietician "the enemy."

What a pleasant surprise!  The dietician was wonderful.  I told her I was on
a paleo diet and she even offered to send someone on the kitchen staff out
to buy organic food for me if that was all I would eat !!  She also gave me
a helpful bit of advice:  when ordering off a hospital menu, you can put
"2X" beside anything you want to get a double portion.

For my meals, I put "2X" beside meat, veg and fruit.  Totally crossed out
all grains, sugars, etc.  What I ended up with was actually good food and
LOTS of it.

Kath