Truck drivers not healthy? Throw the book at ’em
CHICAGO — Just file this story under A, as in "about time somebody did this."
Pam Whitfield, a dietician, has partnered with Don Jacobson, a writer, gourmet cook and logistics guy, to produce "Roadcookin’: A long haul trucker’s guide to healthy eating."
For $16.00 US, you can buy this health-oriented cookbook and maybe save a life or two.
Because when it comes to truck-driving, if there’s an elephant in the cab, it’s health; and this book addresses that much-neglected feature of your business.
"Our research," says Whitfield, "shows that 82 percent of truckers are overweight while 55 percent are obese. For the over three million OTR drivers, we’re talking crisis.
"But they’re out on the road all alone, and that makes it tough. That’s why we wrote ‘Roadcookin," she adds.
The book’s not only full of plain-talking health tips and good advice, it’s written in trucker-ease; as in, the language is clear; playful and there’s zero b.s.
Roadcookin’s written in digestible bite-sized pieces, and the recipes, designed to be whipped up in the comfort of your sleeper, sound delicious.
The Thunder Bay Special breakfast, for example, offers a great way to use good old-fashioned Canadian bacon and Sirius Trucking Squash is best served, according to the book, with Martin’s Nuked Fillets.
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