Healthy Food is Comfort Food

In May our good friend Joe was at work in a bank and had a stroke. He was rushed to the hospital and had surgery to unblock his arteries. Had he been brought in 15 minutes later, he would be dead. Joe is only 33 years old. We visited him in the hospital and he was the youngest patient in the ICU. His surgeon said that he had to quit smoking and to drastically alter his diet - cut down the sodium rich, fatty fried foods. His love of stir fry was killing him.

This made us look at our diet and make a conscious effort to eat healthier. Like Joe, we love bad fried food. Our guilty comfort food was (is) burgers, carne asada fries, stir fry Chinese food, fried fish burritoes . Now we want our mantra to be healthy food is comfort food. We have a way to go, but we are trying. We have not given up “bad stuff” (it’s a struggle) but are adding healthier items to our diet. More salads with light dressing, turkey, grilled chicken, and avocadoes. Turkey and sprouts on wheat is now a regular meal for

us. It’s about balance. Yes, we will eat that BLT, but we will now also eat more Garden Delites. The deadliest thing that we are trying to cut down on is deep fried foods (goodbye tempura). Thankfully, Sandwich Emporium doesn’t fry.

Health Tip: Add avocado to your salad or sandwich. It is a good anti oxidant source which reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and it has a toxin that kills cancer cells.