Optimal Guest Hospitality With Diet-Specific Nutrition For Wellness!
Adel Eldin, MD FACC FACP, MBA, GGA
Board Certified Cardiologist, Founder/CEO Pronto Care and Florida Medical Tourism, Global Healthcare Leader,Entrepreneur, Speaker, Consultant
Food is the fuel for our bodies and can be used as medicine to promote wellness, avoiding travel-associated illnesses by having diet-specific orders that match the specific health condition and thus will have an
?important impact on overall client/guest wellness. A well-balanced diet provides the energy needed to stay active throughout the day. Nutrition is needed to help to stay healthy and help prevent diet-related
?illnesses. This is becoming increasingly?relevant to the client/guest experience which has a direct effect on (the bottom-line) results in addition to name brand, location, and pricing.
The majority of travelers with an extra discretionary?fund to spend with an advanced aged and high prevalence?of chronic diseases would thus explain the importance of providing the appropriate nutrition services.?
Such as diabetes, heart disease, bone disease, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, obesity, and weakened immunity. Additionally, poor nutrition could be a reason for adversely?affecting mental well-being?causing low mood or depression.
Research has shown adherence to healthy or Mediterranean dietary patterns with high consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and moderate intake of poultry and dairy products is associated with a
?reduced risk of depression. Food with a high glycemic index is associated with symptoms of depression. The inflammatory effects of high trans fat and refined carbohydrates have been proposed to be a
?mechanism through which the Western diet could have detrimental?effects on brain health including cognitive decline and mood disorders. Thus, decreasing the consumption of highly processed and refined ( junk) food will provide benefits to both physical health and psychological well-being.
On the contrary, the consumption of the?Mediterranean?diet has anti-inflammatory?effects. Thus, combining healthy nutrition for travelers and technology by using ProntoCare App to facilitate clients/guests' diet-specific?nutrition for wellness as follows:
1. Guests with high blood pressure would be served a low-salt diet or better with ( Salt Substitute).
2. Guests with heart disease and elevated cholesterol will be served a low-cholesterol diet.
3. Guests with kidney dysfunction would be served a low protein, low salt, low potassium diet.
4. Guests with type 2 diabetes would be served a low-carbohydrate?diet.
5. Avoid using?( Artificial?sweetners) in diabetic patients given the recent World Health Organization ( WHO) warning as Aspartame is linked to cancer.
6. Guests with gout, would avoid serving food with high Uric acid content to avoid acute gout attacks.
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In summary, using the mobile app ( ProntCare) could provide an added advantage for enhanced physical and mental health and wellness for travelers through optimal diet-specific nutrition!
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