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By Joseph Javier
Eating right is often a challenge when dining
out, especially for diabetics and weight watchers. Pitfalls are
encountered in dishes loaded with sugar, salt, carbohydrates, and
fat, in portions that are much too large, and the healthier
alternatives are more expensive, and tend to be bland, dry, and
uninspiring.
I know what you’re thinking, but youth and
yuppies should not be left out in making healthy decisions when it
comes to what you eat. You’re never too young to take care of your
diet. When it comes to our bodies, input equals output. Think about
it—his is more than just food for thought!
Sticking to your diet and enjoying your meal
shouldn’t be a problem, not with new choices available to diners
with special dietary needs. Sugarnot, a specialty deli, coffee shop
and bakeshop, is a boon to the health-conscious, with its selection
of sandwiches, soups, pastas, salads and desserts—all sugar-free,
low-carb, and low-fat, starting with the most important meal of the
day: breakfast.
Glucerna SR, a product of Abbot Laboratories, is
a low-calorie diabetes nutrition formula that offers complete and
balanced nutrition for people with diabetes, with a unique Triple
Nutri Action System that helps manage blood sugar, cholesterol
level, and weight. Used as a meal replacement or snack supplement,
it is clinically-proven to provide optimum blood sugar response and
is ideal for diabetics when used in the context of a healthy
lifestyle with proper diet, exercise, and medication.
Recently, Sugarnot teams up with Glucerna SR,
the No. 1 in diabetes nutrition, to launch a new range of all-day
breakfast and lunch dishes using Glucerna SR as a key ingredient
in the menu.
Chef Willie Domingo, a former executive chef at
the food and nutrition department of a leading hospital was
commissioned to develop the recipes for the new breakfast line. With
years of working with clinical dietitians in making sure that the
dishes are suitable for healthy nutritional requirements, and his
training in serving fine-dine therapeutic meals for patients with
special nutritional needs, Chef Willie took on the challenge of
creating healthy, yet hearty meals for Sugarnot’s latest
offerings.
“Unlike regular food, therapeutic food— food
designed for nutritional, healing purposes—is very precise because
there is a delicate balance for measuring the correct volume of
nutrients that go into the food, especially those that are prepared
for people with nutritional requirements or limitations,” explains
Chef Willie. “Portions have to be controlled and there are
ingredients that cannot be used, such as sugar, salt, and fats.”
Glucerna SR was also incorporated into the menu.
“It’s actually quite a versatile ingredient,” points out Chef
Willie. “You can mix it with vinegar, citrus juices, batter,
sauces, dressings, and many more, and it will instantly add more
nutrition to the food.”
Chef Willie’s gourmet concoctions are four
fulfilling meals for the new Sugarnot-Glucerna all-day breakfast
fare: Eggs Benedict with Blueberry Muffins, poached eggs on toasted,
low-fat and low-carb blueberry muffins served with sausages and
Glucerna SR pesto dressing; Supreme Sugarnot Pancakes, whole-wheat
pancakes with Glucerna SR’s special blend, served with Torani
syrup and banger sausages; Want Something Complex?, homemade,
sugar-free muesli and Glucerna SR Jell-o float with minimum-fat milk
and fresh fruit salad; Weight Watcher’s Delight, egg-white omelet
with sun-kissed tomatoes and grilled chicken julienne strips
drizzled with Glucerna SR pesto sauce; Veggie Veggie Light salad,
and Chix and Veggie Roll.
The breakfast meals, along with the rest of
Sugarnot’s sugar-free, low-fat, low-carb cuisine and its
bestselling sugar-free desserts, are now available at Sugarnot
branches at the Podium in Ortigas, The Block in SM City North Edsa,
Westgate Alabang, SM Megamall and South Super Highway, Makati.
For inquiries and other details, log on to
www.sugarnot.com.ph or call 8893427; 8435197.
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