I'm on staff at several hospitals which require quarterly attendance at early morning meetings . Its a chance to catch up on what's been going on, earn a Continuing Medical Education credit hour and have a little time to relax with the Hospital's Residents. Breakfast is always included.
Today's choices:
Scrambled eggs, Sausage links, Hash browns, Bacon.
HELLO? Where's the fruit? Usually there's a big fruit salad or at least some apples, oranges and bananas. This is a big Hospital on the brink of merging with 2 bigger hospitals. You would think they would have put some thought into the wellness of their own staff!
I complained to whomever would listen and sat down grumbling over a dry blueberry bagel and black coffee. By the way, blueberry bagels do not contain egg, so it wasn't a total loss.
I watched my colleagues chow down enthusiastically on their full plates as we half listened to a lecture on skin cancer, and they quietly discussed their own personal challenges with weight problems, cholesterol and heart disease.
Last night, I attended a lecture by Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D. and his family at our local Plant Based Nutrition Support Group (www.pbnsg.org). Check out the web site. Great source of information and recipes under the "Food" tab. Dr. Esselstyn, of the Cleveland Clinic, lectured on halting and reversing heart disease and diabetes simply by adhering to a plant based diet and eating no oil.
If you ever get a chance to attend one of his lectures, do it! His plan is based on good, solid science and large studies supporting him. His down to earth style is compelling and persuasive. I didn't need to be persuaded; I'm already reaping the benefits!
Next lecture I'm going to attend will have Joel Kahn, M.D., author of The Whole Heart Solution who got me started and continues to support and inspire me.
Hope to see you there!!!
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Amen! Love this. Had to fight to get oatmeal at our cardiology division peer review conference. Likewise, it was somehow okay to have scrambled eggs and bacon, but oatmeal was contentious. Thanks for speaking out.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all you have accomplished with your health.
By the way, I am Heather Shenkman, a cardiologist in Los Angeles, grew up in Farmington Hills and did my internal medicine residency at Henry Ford. I blog at veganheartdoc.com
Thanks Heather. Its really a crying shame that hospitals aren't even trying to set an example. All I wanted was a freaking bowl of fresh fruit! How hard is that?
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