Services
Diabetes Education & Management Services
We know healthcare providers sometimes have limited time with their patients. For this reason, the Nutrition and Diabetes Clinic is here to support providers and patients who:
- Need diabetes education at diagnosis—including gestational diabetes, type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes
- Need to start insulin or adjust their current insulin regimen
- Have wide fluctuations in blood glucose
- Want greater control over their diabetes
- Have lifestyle issues affecting glucose control
- Need to update diabetes knowledge
- Want to learn about new technologies, such as insulin pumps and blood glucose sensors
Our diabetes self-management education program is certified by the American Diabetes Association and
includes the following content:
- Understanding diabetes and management options
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- Self-monitoring of blood glucose and understanding blood glucose goals
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- Personalized meal plans
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- Insulin use & adjustment
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- Carbohydrate counting
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- Prevention of high & low blood glucose
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- Oral diabetes medication use
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- Lifestyle and exercise goals
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- Weight management
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- Goal setting and problem solving
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- Nutrition supplements
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- Emotional support
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- Glycemic index
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- Pre-conception care
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- Prevention & management of complications--including eye, feet and kidney conditions
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We provide medical nutrition therapy, counseling & support for the following conditions:
- Heart disease
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- Congestive heart failure
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- Elevated blood pressure
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- Weight management
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- Elevated cholesterol or triglycerides
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- Pre-diabetes
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- Celiac disease
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- Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome
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- Food allergies/intolerances
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- Polycystic ovarian disease (PCOS)
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- Gastrointestinal health
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- Cancer
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- Disease prevention
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- Hypoglycemia
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- Failure to thrive & pediatric health
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- Kidney disease
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- Eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia
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