VIPmeals.com introduces the Greaseless Cooking System for those who have special dietary needs or simply want a great tasting healthy meal direct from their freezer. VIP meals are available as regular, low fat, low sodium and/or low sugar meals and can be ordered online at www.VIPmeals.com according to taste or special dietary needs. โ€œWe custom cook, pack, freeze and ship meals that taste wonderful and just so happen to be healthy,โ€ says Brian Des Lauriers, owner of VIP Meals Company.
โ€œWe have been testing our Greaseless Cooking System at World Cafรฉ in downtown Bellevue, Washington since May of this year,โ€ said Mr. Des Lauriers. โ€œThis is a process my wife, Lake developed in 1997 when she was hired to assist Mrs. Lind, an 81 year old lady, who has congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other health complications.โ€ Said Mr. Des Lauriers. Mrs. Lind's doctor suggested she find an adult care facility. Being very independent she turned to her son Rob, who then hired Lake to provide meals that would help his mother remain at home. Lake developed the Greaseless Cooking System to reduce the fats, sugar, sodium and cholesterol content of her meals. Meals were cooked, packed and frozen then placed in Mrs. Lind's freezer for her to access whenever she needed a good nutritious meal.
Her new diet, made it possible for Mrs. Lind to remain at home with extended care from visiting nurses. Her ankle swelling went down due to the low sodium meals. Her blood sugar levels improved from the reduced sugar, and the low fat cooking method allowed her cholesterol levels to stabilize.
โ€œMany customers at World Cafรฉ are hooked on this type of cooking and return on a daily basis for meals cooked without oils,โ€ claims Des Lauriers. โ€œOffice workers from our local high tech economy have tuned to our greaseless cooking concept and enjoy the fresh taste of greaseless cooking. They can work the rest of the afternoon without becoming tired or dragged down,โ€ said Mr. Des Lauriers.
Why do we eat what we do when we know better?
According to a May 31st article in USA Today titled โ€˜Feds Chew on Poor Nutrition Choices.' โ€œOnly 12% of the American people have a good diet. Our environment promotes a bad diet and inactivity.โ€ The article goes on to say, โ€œIt's very difficult to eat a healthy diet because there is so much encouragement and opportunity to eat a diet that's loaded with calories, fat and sugar. And the problem is getting worse. We have a whole generation of kids who are going to be obese adults.โ€
American Heart Association dietary recommendations dish out a more individualized approach
The new American Heart Association Dietary Guidelines 2000 have been expanded to include specific recommendations tailored to an individual's risk of heart disease and stroke. For the first time, the guidelines stress the importance of preventing obesity and are easier to use because they stress overall eating patterns, rather than a percentage of dietary fat or other nutrients. The report just released on October 31st, claims that American's need to focus on getting their daily intake of nutriments, vitamins and minerals from the main food groups and not from supplements and junk food that is labeled โ€˜low fat' as so many are doing.
In today's fast paced world trying to find good tasting meals that are healthy is like the oil and water theory. Fast food and healthy food just don't mix. VIP Meals has made it work by cooking with water, steam and dry heat instead of oils, fats, lards or grease. We call it our โ€˜Greaseless Cooking System' and the food taste wonderful and fresh according to our customers
Most frozen and fast foods contain far too much fats, sugar, sodium and/or chemicals to be healthy. One of the main reasons for so many health challenges as we age comes from the foods we eat. If they are full of empty calories, chemicals, fats, sugars and sodium, we invariably will suffer from health problems.
VIP Meals focus mainly on Thai and Asian foods. They offer a wide variety of herbs and spices that have such great taste possibilities. โ€œOur most important product is taste,โ€ says Mr. Des Lauriers. โ€œIt is taste that will keep people coming back for more. If you are diabetic and have a choice of eating a meal that has limited taste, but low in sugar, or a great tasting meal that makes you feel full, yet allows you to work the rest of the day without hunger pangs or that blotted feeling, is also low in sugar, plus low in fat, which one will you choose?โ€ asks Des Lauriers.
For more information on VIP Meals or World Cafรฉ please contact Brian Des Lauriers at 425-417-1617 or visit us online at http://www.vipmeals.com/, or for a copy of the new AHA Guidelines please go to http://americanheart.org/dietaryguidelines/index.html.
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