Not too many people realize the importance of meals when taking care of a loved one, taking care meaning many different things for different people. It may be caring for a child that just lost their parents, or a sibling that can no longer eat regular meals, but is on a soft diet. The list is long, and at times can be difficult to prepare. A long time friend of mine is now taking care of his mother who is aging as the years fly by, her diet has to be low fats, low sodium, and low sugar. It's easy to think, "Well I just won't add any of those ingredients, what's so hard about that?" No matter what you may think, it is very complicated. You want your loved ones to be happy in what they eat, at the same time they can't eat like they used to.
There are lots of cookbooks out on the market on how to cook for a certain person with a unique health condition, there are many articles and videos on the internet. There's a lot of books on Diabetes that are endorsed by the ADA, a lot of books endorsed by the American Heart Association, and many books endorsed by the American Cancer Society.
What's the best solution for feeding your loved one? I would suggest that you seek professional advice, get ideas from nutritionists, and chefs that work in specific situations like hospitals, and care homes to feed them the right way. Once you learn some of their techniques, or methods, you can adapt them to your own style, and what the person you are feeding is used to eating. Substitutions are common in the food service industry. Lean pork instead of fatty pork, lean chicken breast instead of chicken thighs, lean broiled meats instead of fatty fried meats. The list goes on and on.
Get familiar with the person you need to feed's condition, read up folks, read up. It's a hard life we got at times, it can be demanding, it can drain you physically, mentally, it can make you emotional, it can really twist you. But don't despair, there's others in your situation for certain. Just make connections, and with networking tools like facebook, twitter, you have a lot of connections that can share stories with you, because it is so healing to have stories to share, isn't that what life is about? Sharing right?
Information is here folks, it's around us 24/7, and it will never go away, this is 2011, not 1950. We have informational tools at our fingertips, within seconds, we can get a recipe by googling, we can find info by going on bing, man it's nuts, we have no excuses anymore. Handheld devices like iPhones, Blackberries, Nooks, man we can't make excuses anymore. We can get ideas to cook a meal for someone, by just clicking on an icon on our computer. No excuses anymore my friends.
So what should you prepare for your aunt that is a Diabetic? Look it up. What do you cook for your dad who has Hypertension? Look it up. I mean I can give you recipes, and there's some on my blog site already but this article is a test for you, to search, to seek and you shall find. The answers are out there, find it, and it will be the right one.
There are lots of cookbooks out on the market on how to cook for a certain person with a unique health condition, there are many articles and videos on the internet. There's a lot of books on Diabetes that are endorsed by the ADA, a lot of books endorsed by the American Heart Association, and many books endorsed by the American Cancer Society.
What's the best solution for feeding your loved one? I would suggest that you seek professional advice, get ideas from nutritionists, and chefs that work in specific situations like hospitals, and care homes to feed them the right way. Once you learn some of their techniques, or methods, you can adapt them to your own style, and what the person you are feeding is used to eating. Substitutions are common in the food service industry. Lean pork instead of fatty pork, lean chicken breast instead of chicken thighs, lean broiled meats instead of fatty fried meats. The list goes on and on.
Get familiar with the person you need to feed's condition, read up folks, read up. It's a hard life we got at times, it can be demanding, it can drain you physically, mentally, it can make you emotional, it can really twist you. But don't despair, there's others in your situation for certain. Just make connections, and with networking tools like facebook, twitter, you have a lot of connections that can share stories with you, because it is so healing to have stories to share, isn't that what life is about? Sharing right?
Information is here folks, it's around us 24/7, and it will never go away, this is 2011, not 1950. We have informational tools at our fingertips, within seconds, we can get a recipe by googling, we can find info by going on bing, man it's nuts, we have no excuses anymore. Handheld devices like iPhones, Blackberries, Nooks, man we can't make excuses anymore. We can get ideas to cook a meal for someone, by just clicking on an icon on our computer. No excuses anymore my friends.
So what should you prepare for your aunt that is a Diabetic? Look it up. What do you cook for your dad who has Hypertension? Look it up. I mean I can give you recipes, and there's some on my blog site already but this article is a test for you, to search, to seek and you shall find. The answers are out there, find it, and it will be the right one.
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