For a long time, restaurants had little to offer those suffering from diabetes. This disease has become a pervasive public health crisis in the United States as a result of generations of unhealthy eating and sugar-laden foods. Even fifty years ago, the incidence of diabetes was minuscule compared to what is seen today.
What Zippy’s Has To Offer
One of the many Restaurants in Hilo that offers healthy choices for diabetics is Zippy’s. It has been the policy of Zippy’s Restaurants to cooperate with the American Diabetes Association Campaign to raise awareness of this disease, assist the campaign to reduce the prevalence of diabetes in the culture, and encourage as well as offer to the public healthier meal choices and thereby set the example. They have worked to publicize the importance of formulating a proper meal plan weighted towards lean meats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and better beverage choices to further cut sugar out of the diet.
Zippy’s addition of diabetes-friendly menu options demonstrates full commitment to these efforts. One such choice is the Vegetable Omelette. This dish completely substitutes out high-cholesterol, high-fat ingredients that aggravate blood sugar issues in diabetics and reduces stress to the digestive system.
This and the other menu options have been worked out through consultation with Dr. Jennifer Loh, the chief of endocrinology for Kaiser Permanente, and Anne Laporte RN, a leading expert in diabetes education. The necessity for this campaign has resulted from the fact that the population of Hawaii has a higher percentage of persons either suffering from diabetes directly or entering a pre-diabetic condition than the national average. Nearly a half-million of the state’s residents fall into either category, with a disturbingly large proportion of these persons quite unaware that they have a health problem.
Reducing The Risk
Hawaii is one of those places in the world in which food is an essential part of the celebration of life. Good rich foods are central to the local culture and the menus offered by Restaurants in Hilo, but this also complicates efforts to improve the health of the Hawaiian population. Shifts in the overall culture away from labor-intensive lifestyles that formally burned up food calories and in food formulations have led to this environment of increased risk.
Zippy’s is committed through its diabetes reduction program and its menu formulations to reduce these risks while also offering fine food to its customers. Visit Website for more information.
