Health Conditions

Health Conditions - Cancer

2011-03-25T00:04:46+00:00

Health Conditions - Cancer

Cancer and Diet Before, During and After Treatment

Have you or a family member been diagnosed with cancer? Today nearly 7 million Americans are alive and considered cured of cancer. For them, cancer fades to the background and living a healthy lifestyle helps to decrease the reoccurrence of cancer.

The American Institute for Cancer Research suggests: maintaining a healthy weight for life, being physical active, eating a variety of healthy foods and focusing on plant sources and limiting alcohol use.

Simply Nutrition focuses on nutritional needs during cancer treatment and afterwards to increase vitality and strength. Menus plans with plant based recipes are available to help implement these recommendations into your daily life. If cooking skills are what you are looking for that is also offered.

"Dru, thank you for helping me select foods that I could tolerate during chemotherapy. It made all the difference" Patty Ft. Collins

Take time now, to learn more about your unique condition with cancer and how I can help you succeed with developng menus for your unique situation.

Health Conditions - Other Chronic Illnesses and Diet

2011-03-25T00:00:19+00:00

Health Conditions - Other Chronic Illnesses and Diet

Other Chronic Illnesses and Diet

Have you been diagnosed with a chronic health condition such as: MS, Lupus, RA, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, PCOS, IBS, Parkinson’s Disease, Crohn’s disease and other GI track disturbances or kidney disease? Do you have children with ADD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, eating disorders or food allergies?

Getting a diagnosis of a chronic illness can be scary, overwhelming and deciding where to get help can be confusing. At Simply Nutrition all your concerns will be addressed from emotional concerns to developing daily menus that fit your lifestyle. You will not just be given nutrition education information but will be given a personalized dietary intervention plan with follow up counseling.

At Simply Nutrition, a registered dietitian will work with you to develop a menu plan that will be as unique as you are. Please e-mail druledder@simplynutritionnow.com to ask any questions or set up an appointment to meet with the dietitian.

Health Conditions - Metabolic Syndrome

2011-03-24T23:57:45+00:00

Health Conditions - Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome and Diet

Have you or a family member been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome? If you have, you are not alone. Over 50 million Americans have this and it is becoming more common. The metabolic syndrome increases risk of coronary heart disease and other diseases related to plague build up in artery walls (e.g. stroke and PVD) and Type II Diabetes.

Did you know that metabolic syndrome has a number of subcategories such as: high triglycerides, impaired glucose tolerance, abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure, low HDL and high LDL cholesterol, high fibrinogen and an elevated C Reactive Protein levels?

It is important to seek help from an RD with experience in this area since there are a number of issues to be addressed with dietary intervention.

At Simply Nutrition, you will work with a dietitian that will develop menus that not only address the conditions of metabolic syndrome, but will fit your unique lifestyle. Whether you cook most of your meals at home or eat out in restaurants and do a lot of traveling, your individual needs will be the basis of your dietary intervention. You will not just be given handouts with a list of dos and dont's. This personalized approach is to help you have more tools on your journey of having good health year after year.

Take time now to learn more about metabolic syndrome and diet, and how I can help you succeed with your personal goals.

Health Conditions - High Blood Pressure

2011-03-24T23:46:18+00:00

Health Conditions - High Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure and Diet

Have you or a loved one recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure or are you continuing to struggle with this condition? You may be wondering if dietary sodium has anything to do with high blood pressure, is there a diet for high blood pressure and does losing weight help at all? How can I get reliable nutrition information and from whom?

With a properly designed diet for high blood pressure you have the ability to be in better control of your condition with the possibly of reducing your dependency on medications. You can gain control over your condition and your life.

How?

At Simply Nutrition you will receive dietary information from a registered dietitian to help you formulate daily menus that fits your lifestyle and helps bring down those blood pressure numbers. You will not just receive fact sheets on diet and blood pressure but will be given a personalized dietary intervention plan with follow up counseling.

Take time now to learn more about your high blood pressure and diet and how we can help you succeed with your nutrition goals.

Health Conditions - Food Allergies & Gluten Intolerance

2011-03-24T03:36:26+00:00

Health Conditions - Food Allergies and Gluten Intolerance

Food Allergies, Gluten Intolerance and Diet

Petrified of peanuts? Struggling with strawberries? Sorry you ate shellfish? Are you one of the 3 million Americans that have food allergies? Or do you have gluten sensitivity and have discovered that wheat appears to be in almost everything?

Once you discover what foods you are allergic or sensitive to, comes the arduous task of not only avoiding those foods, but reading labels to find an allergen there. Do you feel you need to be a food scientist to understand food labels today? And how do you have a nutritious diet with limiting your trigger foods with multiple food allergies? Should you be taking dietary supplements to help out your restrictive diet but what if they have an allergen in them?

These are just a few of questions people with food allergies or gluten sensitivity want to have answered.

If you are struggling with these questions, Simply Nutrition can help guide you in this frustrating area with label reading, menu planning, eating out, and recipes to fit your lifestyle. You will not just be given a list of foods to avoid but a personalized eating plan with your unique needs addressed.

"I enjoyed working with Dru because she took the time to prepare recipes that I could use being allergic to so many foods. Now I have some great recipes that I can use and feel confident that are safe for me" Jenny, Ft. Collins

Take time now to learn more about gluten sensitivity and how I can help you succeed in having a healthy and well balanced diet with either food allergies or gluten sensitivity or maybe you suffer from both issues. You can also read additional facts on food allergies and nutrition.

Health Conditions - Heart Disease

2011-03-16T01:13:37+00:00

Health Conditions - Heart Disease

Healthy Heart Diet

Have you or a loved one recently been diagnosed with heart disease or are you continuing to struggle with this condition? Are you interested in lowering your cholesterol or triglycerides? Wondering how you can follow a diabetic diet and a healthy heart diet at the same time? How can you get reliable nutrition information and from whom?

With a properly designed diet for heart disease you have the ability to be in better control of your condition with the possibly of reducing your dependency on medications. You can gain control over your condition and your life.

How?

Health Conditions - Obesity

2011-03-16T01:12:14+00:00

Health Conditions - Obesity

Overweight, Diets, and Stress Management

Many of Americans (67%) struggle with being overweight. Being overweight falls into three clinical categories based on Body Mass Index (BMI) Overweight (25-29.99), Obese (30-39.99), and Morbidly Obese (40+). Getting the right help depends on a combination of your condition and situation.

The usual treatments for weight issues include diets, exercise, or in the worst case surgery. Unfortunately, the majority of weight loss diets have been shown to have little long term success and surgery comes with many risks. What should you do?

There is an alternative.

At Simply Nutrition you will be given personalized treatment that meets YOUR needs. We get ‘under the hood’ and look at the condition and the specifics of what is happening in your particular situation. Unlike most diets and solutions, at Simply Nutrition we do things like: take into consideration incorporating the food you like to eat. Why? Because if you don’t like the diet, you won’t stick to it!

Here’s what we do different to help you:

EBT does this for you – addresses the emotions around eating
SHAPEDOWN – Program specifically helps kids/teens in a family setting
Solution for Weight – Individualized plan for weight loss

Learn more by reading a Nutrition Fact Sheet about these conditions.

Health Conditions - Diabetes

2011-03-15T23:33:29+00:00

Health Conditions - Diabetes

Diabetes and Diet

Have you or a loved one recently been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, diabetes or gestational diabetes or continuing to struggle with any of these conditions? Are you wondering what you can do to help get those blood sugar readings under control or are you tired of taking medications?

With a properly designed diabetic diet you have the ability to better control your condition and quite possibly reduce your dependency on the medications. You can gain control over your condition and your life.

How?

As you know getting a diagnosis of diabetes can be scary, overwhelming, and deciding where to get help can be confusing. Simply Nutrition helps you gain control by providing you emotional support through developing daily menus that fit your lifestyle. Your concerns will be addressed on a personal level. You will not just be given some diabetic diet fact sheet or booklet but will be given a personalized dietary intervention plan with follow up counseling.

Managing diabetes is stressful, and blood sugar highs and lows associated with diabetes add to that stress. Most diabetics struggle with being overweight, and the root of that is stress. At Simply Nutrition “The Solution For Weight” helps with weight issues. Since food is so integral to our society, often times there are emotional issues surrounding how we eat.

Learn more about emotions around food here.

"I am so happy that I finally understand the role of diet and exercise on my diabetes and know how to plan menus myself. Thanks Dru" Jennifer, Ft. Collins.

Click here for FREE information from the American Diabetes Asociation about what a proper diabetic dietary intervention looks like and how I can help you succeed in taking control over your condition.