As
part of its commitment to patient’s well-being, Whitfield Clinic introduced a
Food and Health Initiative which ran in tandem with RTE’s popular health programme
Operation Transformation.
For
the last two months an Operation Transformation hot meal option was made
available each day at the Atrium Café and also on inpatient menus. The meals
were developed to provide a similar nutrient profile to the RTE Operation
Transformation recipes and clearly labelled to help patients, staff and
visitors make a healthier choice.
While
nutrition plays a big role at Whitfield Clinic, so does taste and quality menu
choices. Good nutrition is especially important to patients because illnesses
and their treatment can affect one’s energy levels, ability to recuperate and
appetite. Certain treatments can even affect ones’ body's ability to tolerate
certain foods and best use of nutrients.
The Whitfield Clinic catering department’s
Nutritionist Charlotte Cummins emphasises the importance of a healthy and
nutritionally balanced menu. As patients present themselves at Whitfield Clinic
it is essential that the menu offered provides optimum nutrition for people
with illnesses and recovery plans. “I nutritionally analyse the
operation transformation meals to ensure the nutrient profile is suitable for
patients; these meals are low fat, low salt, source of fibre, suitable for
vegetarians or made from ingredients containing no gluten to ensure there is
something healthy for everyone.”
Whitfield
Head chef Romain Bierry outlined his team’s commitment to giving patients a
healthy choice. He said, “Our commitment
to patients and visitors is to ensure that we provide them with daily, tasty,
fresh and nutrient rich choices. We work
with local producers to ensure market-fresh ingredients in all our recipes. Each
morning the kitchen team creates every meal from scratch to ensure that our
customers enjoy higher quality food with more taste.”
“We
are determined to ensure that all patients at Whitfield are assured of a meal
that is fresh, tasty, packed with nutrients and in some ways goes to assisting recuperation. The Operation Transformation healthy meal
options were a resounding success and we intend to continue offering a varied
and tasty selection of health options for all our patients.”
The
daily menu at Whitfield included Operation Transformation favourites such as Stir Fried Pork with Ginger, Lemon Aioli
Marinated Chicken, Chorizo Spiced Haddock and a range of vegetarian
options.
“We
are delighted to see that our patients and visitors supported our Food and
Health Initiative with almost 70% of patients choosing our Operation
Transformation option,” explained Whitfield’s Catering Manager, Alan O’Connor.
“Every
day we invest a huge effort into helping our patients and visitors eat right by
making the healthy option the easy option. The food on our plates is the result
of intensive work and commitment by our dietician, food development team, chefs
and local suppliers.”
If you would like to learn more about Whitfield
Clinic’s health food options, offer some suggestions, or if you just want to
see what they have for lunch, please contact us on whitfieldclinic@ksg.ie
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