Newspaper Article

Keeping kosher as we age

Stern, Lisë

2012

Overview

Café meals are all kosher, as are the delivered meals, and meet federal guidelines in terms of nutrition. \"Seniors try to stay away from salt and use salt alternatives,\" [Neal Drobnis] said. \"Everything is low sodium. In general, they stay away from sugar as well. We try to have a balance of proteins, carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables. For carbs - grains, pasta, bread -we try to use whole grains when we can. It can be very difficult with the budgetary limits to have brown rice or whole wheat pasta.\" If you don't spend much time in the sun, you may need vitamin D supplements; check with a health-care provider for the best balance. Kashrut can be an issue for some vitamin D supplements. [Toby Smithson] said that there are two kinds, D2 and D3, and \"D3 is derived from ultraviolet irradiation of a substance derived from sheep's wool.\" Fortunately, it's easy to fit a healthy diet into a kosher diet - for the most part. Brisket isn't the leanest cut of meat, but it can be reserved for special occasions \"Unfortunately, the leanest cuts of beef are not kosher, so we need to have a stronger focus on cutting back on our sources of fats, especially saturated fat,\" Smithson said.

• Publisher: Canadian Jewish News
• Subject: Diet / Kosher food / Middle age / Nutrition / Older people