{"id":61871,"date":"2025-10-06T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61871"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:52:36","slug":"dr-berg-on-hospital-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61871","title":{"rendered":"Dr Berg On Hospital Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Australian doctor observed similarly. His origination? Most people check out of hospital more malnourished than when they were admitted!<\/div>\n
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And this matches my story. When I was about 60 I had keyhole surgery for a hernia. Nothing to eat from 10 pm the night before till I came out of the anesthetic about lunchtime the following day. Ravenous!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I asked my wife to get me something to eat. She came back with two white bread and cheese sandwiches. I inhaled them. Of course they did absolutely nothing to quell my hunger so she went to the cafeteria, looking for something healthier.<\/div>\n
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The best they had was a sausage roll!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Australian doctor observed similarly. His origination? Most people check out of hospital more malnourished than when they were admitted! And this matches my story. When I was about 60 I had keyhole surgery for a hernia. Nothing to eat from 10 pm the night before till I came out of the anesthetic about lunchtime … <\/p>\n

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