Diabetes & Nutrition Services

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, pre-diabetes or are interested in learning more about healthy living, we can help you get on the right track.  

Our team includes nurses and dietitians with special training and certification in diabetes care. They will listen and provide guidance based on your needs and goals.

Diabetes Education Offers

• Counseling for diabetes management and nutrition therapy.
• Continuous glucose monitoring to help assess blood sugar patterns and guide treatment.
• Medication management, working with your doctor to adjust diabetes medications to improve blood sugar control.
• Training in insulin pump therapy – our certified pump trainers can work with you to be successful at wearing and managing your insulin pump.
• Helping you set goals for changing behavior to improve health.

Self-care for Managing Diabetes

We’ve outlined seven key self-care behaviors for managing diabetes. Let your Diabetes Education team know if you’d like to dive deeper into any of these during your upcoming diabetes education appointment. Our team is here to provide the guidance and support you need.

1. Healthy coping: A positive attitude toward diabetes and management.
2. Healthy eating: A pattern of eating which includes a balance of nutrient-dense foods to support your health goals.
3. Being active: Structured or unstructured body movement that may support your health goals.
4. Taking medication: It’s important to follow your provider’s instructions when taking prescribed medications. Be sure to discuss any concerns you have about your treatment plan with your health care team.
5. Monitoring: Regularly checking blood sugars and seeing how various factors may impact glucose control.
6. Reducing risk: Naming risks and changing behaviors to minimize complications.
7. Problem solving: Developing strategies to resolve problems or complications.

What you should bring to your diabetes education appointment:

• Blood glucose meter.
• Food or blood-sugar logs you may have.
• List of herbs or supplements you may be taking.

Nutrition Education Offers Medical Nutrition Therapy for Conditions Including

• General healthful nutrition for disease prevention and weight management. Metabolic testing is available.
• Specific dietary patterns, including Mediterranean dietary pattern, DASH diet and plant-based diets.
• Cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure or hyperlipidemia.
• Nutrient deficiencies, nutrient specific diets and navigating a balanced diet with food allergies. (Please note, we do not test for food allergies.)
• Malnutrition or symptoms of poor appetite or intake.
• Kidney health (kidney stone prevention or chronic kidney disease, not on dialysis).
• COPD/Pulmonary nutrition therapy.
• Metabolic dysfunction or liver disease.
• Gastrointestinal conditions or symptoms (constipation, diarrhea, IBS, IBD, gastroparesis, celiac disease, ostomy nutrition therapy, pancreatitis, diverticulosis).
• Pediatric nutrition therapy (general healthful eating, family nutrition education, selective eating).
• Maternal nutrition therapy before, during and after pregnancy.

Please contact your Diabetes Education team for information about other nutrition concerns not listed above.