Mamma’s food for ALW buddies

Instant work. Fast life. Deadlines. This defines today’s IT professionals. Instant coffee. Fast food. Fatal habits. This comprises their eating. Take a look. Since these techies don’t have time to stop by in their fast life for food, they grab a pizza or a sandwich from the tempting McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut or Dominoes. Little wonder thus that the good old mamma’s tiffin is replaced by packed quick meals.

And where do they get such meals? The nearest is a cafeteria at any IT company. So what’s wrong in that? Well, to start with such cafeterias serve spicy, junk food, which caters to one’s taste buds but harmful for the body. In fact, before a slim and once-fit IT guy realizes, he looks down to find his ugly paunch staring back at him one fine Sunday morning. That’s his entry to the world of obesity.

At AnyLinuxWork, we consciously fight back obesity through a completely different approach in food. The IO Cafeteria, fondly known as Nutriteria, offers healthy as well as tasty options for both lunch and in-between snacks.

But that doesn’t mean that we deny our members of their favorite food in a bid to maintain a healthy body. In fact, we pay particular attention to serving portions. For the record, maintaining calorie consumption is easier by having frequent small meals. This also counters food craving and subsequent over-eating.

Here are some foods for thought. The choice of edible oil, often overlooked is an important factor while comparing unhealthy vs. healthy food. For example, food when cooked in processed ghee or used oil will have more calories and harmful effects like fatigue, lethargy, bloating, obesity than when it is cooked in fresh vegetable oil.

At AnyLinuxWork, we double-check the quality standards of the oil being used. The result is light and fresh-cooked meals, which are high on nutrition. By custom, the Indian meal typically comprises starch foods like rice, chappati or whole wheat flat bread as the main course and vegetables, lentils as side dishes. High consumption of carbohydrates pushes up the glycemic levels in the body, which are prime source of high blood pressure. This is especially true if a person is over-weight or sedentary. Excess carbohydrates get stored as fat, which soon after gets him hungry.

The AnyLinuxWork meal, thus, considers these factors. We ensure that the food is well-balanced with generous proportions of complex protein sources like lentils and vegetables that help slow down metabolism giving a satiated feeling for a longer period.

IO family is thus a fit family because we ensure that our employees reap long-term benefits of nutritious food. And of course, our food does taste like the good old Mamma’s food.