Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 considering i may have to go to the doctor to get me leg checked out(hmm..hot..swollen..prolly not a good sign!) thought this was sorta kewl Kaiser Permanente Health Group Promotes Organics & Healthy Living San Francisco Business Journal Published: February 7, 2005 --------------------------- Kaiser Permanente has augmented its recent focus on healthy eating and organic food by opening a Food Mill-Food Farm'acy store in its flagship Oakland Medical Center complex. The store is an independently owned unit of the Food Mill natural foods store, which has run its original store in Oakland for more than 60 years. It quietly launched its second facility early last month in a mixed medical office, parking and commercial complex across the street from Kaiser's hospital on MacArthur Boulevard. The Kaiser branch was the inspiration of Tom McDonald, M.D., physician in chief at the Kaiser Oakland medical center, who approached Food Mill with the plan, designed to help Kaiser patients and employees get healthier. According to Kaiser, Food Mill has stipulated that it will: Stock only food that is " compatible " with weight-control programs offered at the medical center. Give Kaiser Oakland employees a 5 percent discount on all products, as well as volume discounts. Sell Kaiser health education materials and reserve space on-site for a Kaiser health educator to help consumers make wise shopping decisions. Provide catered meals for meetings at the Oakland medical center. The new health-food store planned to celebrate its official " grand opening " Feb. 3, according to McDonald, who calls this the next step in Kaiser's recent string of attempts to link the Kaiser brand with healthy food and healthy approaches to diet and exercise, including its $40 million Thrive ad campaign and its branding of broccoli in several large grocery chains. " It's a place where it's safe to shop, " McDonald said. " The food has no trans fat and is low in saturated fat, the grains and flours are whole grain products, the deli food is low fat, and the food doesn't present a sugar load to your blood stream. " You can view this article on the web at: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/02/07/news colu mn9.html 1000 miles of endless screams, where all the dead heroes lay I've got the choice to set my knife, I've got the courage to set my life I've got the day I'll pick to die. Gotta hate someone, I don't know why I'll fight for a better way, be a dead hero for the U.S.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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