Regardless of occupation, we all have to eat. Lunch hour rolls around for office workers, construction workers, doctors and nurses, salespeople and government employees. Some don't want to fight traffic to get to a restaurant. Others may not have a long enough lunch break to go out to eat. And others don't like fast food.
Most people know they can bring lunches less expensively than eating out.
But they know they need expert advice to get beyond the usual tuna salad or ham sandwich. Nobly, she sometimes does an exercise video before eating. Mark Foronda, also a public health nutritionist for the county, says finances prompted him to start making his own lunches. Now he saves money and cuts fat and calories by brown-bagging. As an added bonus, he gets a larger variety of nutritious foods.