Breastfeeding can be an awesome bonding experience with your baby. Although it provides baby with great nutrition, it can be overwhelming, frustrating, and brings up many questions for mamas and their support systems. Join Dietitian Lauren Hocking as she interviews Caitlin, a mom of two for her advice.
Nov 24, 2021
17 min
HTK is dedicated to improving Veterans’ skills and confidence to prepare healthy meals. Increasing Veterans’ self-efficacy with regards to food selection and preparation in a home-like environment to develop life-long eating habits. Taking nutrition education that is traditionally taught in the clinic settings and helping Veteran’s put it in practice in their day to day meals.
Nov 24, 2021
11 min
Did you know American Veterans experience higher prevalence of pain and more severe pain than non-Veterans? No matter where you are in your health journey: just starting out, managing several chronic conditions, or somewhere in-between by making changes to your diet you can really make a difference. Listen to a discussion in episode #46 with three VA Dietitians share ways to take action to manage pain.
Oct 15, 2021
12 min
Chronic inflammation causes our body to stop functioning in a healthy way. What we eat has the power to reduce that inflammation with antioxidants, vitamins, omega 3 fatty acids, and other nutrients. Listen in to Fresh Focus episode #45 as a nutrition specialist breaks down the details you need to know about the anti-inflammatory nutrition plan.
Oct 14, 2021
16 min
Did you know that movement, activity, and exercise, can all relate and to pain management? Let Fresh Focus episode 44 get you started by having a discussion on ways to improve your functional independence and freedom. One way to begin is to identify ways to overcome any of your barriers and for most of us that includes reducing pain.
Oct 13, 2021
19 min
Listen in to Fresh Focus episode 43 where the Fresh Focus team welcomes a Registered Dietitian and Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner to break down several lifestyle factors that can influence inflammation in our bodies. The great news is there is lot we can do to improve our health!
Oct 12, 2021
11 min
Have you ever wondered if the food you are eating is causing you pain due to inflammation? Inflammation is the body’s protective response against injury, infection, stress, or foreign substances. Episode 42 of Fresh Focus goes through some of the food items that could be causing an increase in inflammation. Food items that cause increase in inflammation include a diet full of highly processed foods, high sugary foods, or typical junk food, sometimes referred to as the Standard American Diet.
Oct 11, 2021
10 min
Understanding pain response is important. Successful pain management involves setting identified goals and a treatment plan that is agreed upon by patient and Provider. Listen in to episode 41 of Fresh Focus where Dietitian Beth Blair interviews Nurse Judy Bishop about the successful interdisciplinary Pain Workshop.
Oct 8, 2021
16 min
When thinking of summer cooking, usually the first thing we all think of is the grill. However, remember that just because we use this king of summertime cooking every year, this doesn’t mean we always have to use it the same way. For example, it isn’t only for burgers and hot dogs!
Aug 21, 2021
10 min
Now that the weather is starting to warm up, we can get excited about summer recipes! In general, when the weather gets warm, we tend to eat lighter foods unlike the heavy, hearty meals that we consume during the winter months. This means we get to use all of those good veggies from the garden, seasonal fruit, and lighter protein options.
Aug 15, 2021
7 min
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