It seems like all of the cafeterias that I have eaten in lately offer only two choices: starch or grease. And the one here at Karmanos hospital is no exception.

For example, at breakfast, they offer scrambled eggs with cheese, biscuits with sausage gravy, hash browns, macaroni and cheese, bacon and sausages. And, I have seen people load up their plate with all of these and then have the whole thing covered with gravy.

Now, this is one of those Catch 22 situations. The people who want the grease and starch are the ones who eat in the cafeteria. So, that is what the cafeteria serves. The people who want healthy food, don’t eat in the cafeteria because the cafeteria doesn’t serve healthy food. And, if the cafeteria started serving healthy food instead of the grease and starch, the grease and starch customers would leave.

But, it probably all boils down to profits. There is more money to be made with 50 pounds of potatoes than there is with 50 pounds of strawberries.