Food Prepared Fresh Each Day

Our food is always 100% fresh and made from scratch on a daily basis. We use locally-grown and organic ingredients whenever possible and love supporting local growers and businesses. More importantly, we believe that eating healthy should be enjoyable. Our meals are prepared by professionally trained chefs who take great pride in preparing food that is as visually appealing as it is delicious. We offer a broad menu of inventive dishes features a range of cuisines. Our cooking is seasonal and reflects the best fresh foods available at the market.

A few ingredients we use and why

Lean Meats

Most of us know that proteins are the building blocks for just about everything in our body: from enzymes and hormones to bones, muscles, and skin. The average adult needs between 60 and 80 grams of protein each day — or roughly three servings — to maintain muscle mass and effectively fight disease and infection. Protein can be found in eggs, cheese, and legumes (beans, peanuts, peas and soybean-derived foods); but, meat is the most complete source of protein and often the go-to source of the nutrition. To reap the ultimate health benefits from meat, it’s important to think lean.

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber that may help protect you from chronic diseases. Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers. Substituting fruits and vegetables for higher-calorie foods can be part of a weight loss strategy. We strive to buy as many ingredients locally as possible because local farmers often are organic producers who employ earth-friendly farming methods or raise free-range animals and buying locally means less fuel burned to transport food, which means less pollution.

Edamame

These little beans are packed with health-boosting nutrition and are even believed to contain healing and curative properties especially helpful in the battle against heart disease, various cancers and of less terminally dangerous health issues including menopause. Not only do these beans contain a high amount of vegetable protein, but they also contain iron and fiber as well as the highly rated Omega 3 healthy fats. Everyone knows nowadays that Omega 3s, promote good health for your heart and circulatory system.

Quinoa

Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is not a grain; it is actually a seed and related to the spinach family. When cooked, quinoa is light, fluffy, slightly crunchy and subtly flavored. It actually cooks and tastes like a grain, making it an excellent replacement for grains that are difficult to digest. Over 5000 years ago the Incas cultivated the grain-like seed quinoa as one of their staple crops. Now science has shown that this humble “grain” is actually a superfood! Quinoa is full of phytonutrients, antioxidants AND can even help balance your blood sugar. As a result, people everywhere are discovering the benefits of quinoa, a delicious whole “grain” that is easy to digest, full of high-quality protein and fiber, and can form the basis for a delicious healthy meal.

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How does proper diet and optimal eating help promote weight loss?

Specialty Diets and Restrictive Diet Needs

Healthy Meals, Inc. first and foremost will always provide a well-balanced meal regimen that is automatically low in sodium and high in fibrous vegetables. Your diet will be customized according to the specifications we recommend in conjunction with what you request. In addition to this, we can accommodate most every type of specialized diet requirements including:

• Vegetarian
• Vegan
• Pescetarian
• Diabetic and Pre-diabetic
• Lactose Intolerant
• Gluten Free
• Paleo
• Gastric Bypass Diet
• HCG Diet

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Gastric Bypass Diet Overview

A gastric bypass diet helps people who are recovering from sleeve gastrectomy and from gastric bypass surgery — also known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass — to heal and to change their eating habits.

Your doctor or a registered dietitian will talk with you about the diet you’ll need to follow after surgery, explaining what types of food and how much you can eat at each meal. Closely following your gastric bypass diet can help you lose weight safely.

Purpose Of The Gastric Bypass Diet

The gastric bypass diet is designed to:

• Allow your stomach to heal without being stretched by the food you eat
• Get you used to eat the smaller amounts of food that your smaller stomach can comfortably and safely digest
• Help you lose weight and avoid gaining weight
• Avoid side effects and complications from the surgery

What You Will and Will NOT be served under the Healthy Meals, Inc Gastric Bypass Diet:

Healthy Meals, Inc will never serve processed foods and this diet is certainly no exception. Diet recommendations after gastric bypass surgery vary depending on your individual situation.  After the initial phase which usually involves Pureeing your food, Healthy Meals, Inc can be the perfect resource for you.

A gastric bypass diet typically follows a staged approach to help you ease back into eating solid foods. How quickly you move from one step to the next depends on how fast your body heals and adjusts to the change in eating patterns. You can usually start eating regular foods about three months after surgery.

At each stage of the gastric bypass diet, you must be careful to:

• Drink 64 ounces of fluid a day, to avoid dehydration.
• Sip liquids between meals, not with meals. Wait about 30 minutes after a meal to drink anything and avoid drinking 30 minutes before a meal.
• Eat and drink slowly, to avoid dumping syndrome — which occurs when foods and liquids enter your small intestine rapidly and in larger amounts than normal, causing nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sweating and diarrhea.
• Eat lean, protein-rich foods daily.
• Choose foods and drinks that are low in fats and sugar.
• Avoid alcohol.
• Limit caffeine, which can cause dehydration.
• Take vitamin and mineral supplements daily as directed by your health provider.
• Chew foods thoroughly to a pureed consistency before swallowing, once you progress beyond liquids only.

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