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Michelle Sheridan has been the food service director at
Moravian
Academy
since August 1998. Prior
to that, she was employed as the Catering Manager at
Kutztown
University
and
Ursinus
College
, the Food Production Manager at
Lafayette
College
, and assistant Director of Dining Services at
DeSales
University
. Michelle’s
responsibilities at Moravian include menu development, catering,
customer service, training, and merchandising.
Michelle is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of
America. She
celebrated fifteen years of employment with Wood-Sodexho in 2005.
Ken Stein, the chef at
Moravian
Academy
is a graduate of the
New York City
Technical
College
. He holds an A.A. S.
Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Technology.
Since moving to the
Lehigh
Valley
, Ken has held the following positions:
Executive Chef at
Lafayette
College
and
Cedar
Crest
College
, Cash Operations Manager at
Cedar
Crest
College
, and now the chef at
Moravian
Academy
. Ken has been a part
of the Moravian family since September 2000.
He oversees the kitchen staff at the Upper, Middle, and
Lower Schools. He is
responsible for menu planning, preparation, and food quality for
the student menus and for all catered functions held on the
Moravian campuses. He
is also responsible for the cleanliness of the kitchen facilities.
Ken is a valued member of the dining services staff.
He celebrated twenty years of employment with Wood-Sodexho
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Your Dining Services Team at
Moravian
Academy
is committed to providing an exciting menu of nutritious, freshly
prepared items and playing an active role in the health and
well-being of the students we serve.
We do this through a program
that incorporates solid nutritional guidelines into our recipe
collection, and promote nutrition awareness through printed
materials. Our menus feature a heart healthy entree item daily with
the nutritional information posted. We also offer many vegetarian
items and encourage students to try new things.
Please visit Sodexho’s nutrition website designed specifically
for our Independent Schools. There you will find informative
nutrition links, a dietitian ready to answer your questions and
other exciting material.
Moravian
Academy
cares! See what your Dining Services team does on campus to
promote healthy eating |
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How to Spot a Fad
Diet
Everyday we are bombarded with different ways to lose weight.
Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry.
Are these plans, many of them fads, worth it? Do they produce
what they promise? In
most cases, the end result is weight loss, but the quest to be thin
is not without complications. The
key to successful weight loss is not simply lost pounds, but it is
the ability to not only achieve a healthful weight, but to maintain
this weight as well.
Skipping vs. skimping
Whether you skip a meal or skimp on calories at
a meal, the body suffers. Food
and body energy are expressed in calories.
Calories come from carbohydrates, protein and fat. Therefore
it makes sense that less calories in and more out would mean weight
loss. If it were only
that simple.
Essentially, the body needs adequate calories to optimally perform.
By limiting caloric intake, the body is forced to look
internally for these energy sources. Initially,
the body uses stores of carbohydrate and then it uses fat. For
someone with excess body fat, this is the mechanism that can lead to
safe weight loss of 1-2% per week.
The body does need a certain percentage of body fat in order
to maintain cell structure and produce hormones.
When body fat stores are too low and a person continues to
lose weight, the body turns to protein stores for energy. Why
is this important? For
some, who may already have lower body fat stores, as many young
active people do, the source for this protein comes from the
breakdown of muscles, namely skeletal muscle and internal organs,
like the heart. This can be dangerous to overall health.
Fad vs. the Real Thing
To determine if a diet plan is a fad, you need
to understand that fad diets commonly:
- promote
quick weight loss
- bill
themselves as "cure-alls"
- recommend
or require supplements
- specify
what should be eaten at what time, with no exceptions
limit or avoid certain foods
- are meant for
short-term
Truthfully, no food or diet provides the magic answer
to health or weight loss; it's all about habits. When you eliminate
food groups or lack nutritional balance in your food choices, you
affect your overall health, not just your weight.
Furthermore, purchasing special products, supplements, or
formulas will only decrease the weight of your wallet. And remember,
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
To achieve a healthful
weight, first speak with your health care provider, such as your
physician or a Registered Dietitian.
These individuals can help you understand what a healthful
weight is, and what the risks are for too low vs. too high a weight.
Should you desire to achieve a healthful weight, start with slow gradual changes. Include a wide variety
of foods using the food pyramid as your base.
The updated food pyramid at www.mypyramid.gov
is interactive and enables you to anonymously track your food
intake. It also provides
advice to improve overall nutrition.
And don’t forget to partake in regular physical activity to
boost metabolism. Following
a more healthful approach to your weight goals is far safer than the
alternative.
Helpful resources:
The American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org
The Food Pyramid www.mypyramid.gov
Sodexho Campus Wellness www.balancemindbodysoul.com
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