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Healthy eating and nutrition play a vital role in maintaining a
healthy lifestyle and preventing or recovering from illness. Alegent
Health Medical Nutrition Management provides complete nutrition
counseling services for inviduals of all ages, physical conditions
and lifestyles.
Lifestyle-based nutrition counseling
- Diabetes
- Gestational Diabetes (diabetes with pregnancy)
- Sports performance
- Weight management (in a preventive mode)
- Pre-pregnancy health
- Food selections for toddlers and young children to encourage
a healthy diet
Nutrition counseling for your medical condition
We provide evidence-based nutrition management for:
- Cancer (preventive and after diagnosis)
- Renal disease
- Celiac disease
- Multiple allergies
- Failure to thrive
- Cardiac disease (preventive and after diagnosis)
- Liver disease
- Pancreatitis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or acid reflux
- and other nutrition concerns that are not necessarily diagnosis-related,
as requested.
Based on your lifestyle and treatment plan, we provide
guidance on:
- Meal planning
- Carbohydrate counting
- Reading food labels
- Dining out
- Weight management
- Cholesterol and blood pressure management
Questions you may have
Are your services covered by Medicare?
Diabetes management is covered by Medicare but other areas
of nutrition education are not.You should contact your insurance
provider to determine if nutrition education is covered.
How do I prepare
for my visit with the dietitian?
Keep a food diary. The registered dietitian will ask you about what
you normally eat and discuss favorite foods and your usual type
of preparation, work schedules, home activities, dining out, exercise,
time commitments and anything else that could affect your eating
habits. We'll help you make changes and set realistic goals.
Should I bring my medications?
We'll review your medications and dosages to determine if there
are any concerns with dietary changes or practices.
Do you do recipe modification? Should I bring a list of
my favorites along to my consultation?
Recipe modification is an option and guidelines can be provided
so you can review any of your recipes and decide what changes should
be made We can help you set guidelines for shopping for healthy
foods.
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