Nutrition
When it comes to fitness and nutrition, diet buzzwords can easily lead us in the wrong direction. Let a Registered Dietitian help you navigate through the misinformation out there and set realistic, measurable, and sustainable goals for a healthier lifestyle. Contact our office to make an appointment with an IHG Nutritionist or Dietitian today!
Iodine & Salt | What role can they play our diet?
The micronutrient, Iodine, plays an important role in the human diet. But if iodine levels in foods are low, how can we successfully consume it?
Red Yeast Rice Extract Explained
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Katie Schaeffer, explains Red Yeast Rice Extract and it's possible effects on cholesterol in our latest Nutraceutical post.
One Small Change
If you don’t feel happy about the trajectory of your health, now is the time to make a change. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Katie Schaeffer, offers some hopeful perspective one how one small change a day can have a big payoff towards a healthier you.
Building Community with the Diabetes Prevention Program
Life is a journey you don’t take alone. Why should preventing type 2 diabetes be any different?
What is Prediabetes?
It is estimated that approximately 88 million American adults - 1 in 3 - have prediabetes. People with prediabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and heart attacks. Learn how to identify if you have prediabetes or are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in our latest blog post.
Tips to Reduce Stress at Mealtime with Kids
Have a picky eater at home? Dietitian Nutritionist, Nicole Moretta, offers some tips to reduce stress at mealtime and encourage kids to try new foods.
3 Pitfalls on the Road to Healthy Living
On the road to health, it’s easy to take a wrong turn and end up lost. Sometimes even our best intentions to improve our health can backfire. Check out these 3 common traps we can fall into when we’re trying to improve our health and some ways to overcome them.
Peanut Butter Can be Your Friend!
Peanut butter is a protein packed food item boosting some heart healthy benefits, so why are some of us (allergies aside) afraid to eat it? IHG Nutritionist Nicole Moretta cracks open some diet myths and shells out nutritional insight on this accessible food item.
Diabetes & Fruit
A new study has found a link between fruit intake and diabetes, but not how you might expect. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Katie Schaeffer, gives us the whole truth on whole fruits!