Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Day 55: Prescription Produce

The farm stand is becoming the new apothecary, dispensing apples — not to mention artichokes, asparagus and arugula — to fill a novel kind of prescription. Doctors at three health centers in Massachusetts have begun advising patients to eat “prescription produce” from local farmers’ markets, in an effort to fight obesity in children of low-income families. Now they will give coupons amounting to $1 a day for each member of a patient’s family to promote healthy meals. Click here to read the entire New York Times article.

Day 55. Dollar 55.
Directions: take one fruit/vegetable by mouth as needed
Caution: may cause need to repeat daily until all are fed
Common side effects: fullness in bellies, warmth in soul
Refills: unlimited

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