Kerri Waldron
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF)– When it comes to eating right, a lot it has to do with accessibility; thanks to Kettering Health, access to healthy has become easier.
“I’m a born and raised Daytonian. I went away for college, for medical school and then when I came back and started practice a lot of patients had a medicine list that was literally as long as my arm,” said Dr. Rachelle Dulan-Hood of Kettering Health.
Dr. Dulan-Hood launched ‘Food is my Medicine’ to provide the healthy food to West Dayton residents and show them how to cook healthy food on their own.
“We live here on the west side, and we know what it’s like to try to find food here and get the things that you need in order to cook healthy,” said her husband, Ashton Hood.
It’s a two-month long program, designed to make eating right both attractive and accessible.
“This is the ‘Food is my Medicine’ program. It’s a four-week, eight-episode online cooking show that teaches people how to eat healthy to help manage chronic disease,” she said.
The episodes explore more topics, like how to read labels, shop on a budget, and get your children involved in eating healthy.
“[We are also] teaching what are some things you can do to address your sweet tooth because a lot of us will still have a sweet tooth. We talk about using natural sugars like agave and things like that to help get some of that processed white sugar off the diet,” she said.
Dr. Dulan said eating healthy is key to longevity. Participants, like Ashley Rutkowski, said this program has helped them tremendously.
“It has been amazing, they provided some frozen meals, they provided fresh meals like all the different options. If I needed any alternative help, if I couldn’t make it to pick up or if I had questions, they were really on top of getting back to us and helping us out,” Rutkowski said.
According to Kettering Health, 82.9% of participants saw an improvement in their health.
Source: dayton247now.com
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