Our Meals for Care Transitions program is expanding to The Medical Center of Aurora, where health care providers will be piloting the use of food as medicine to improve their patients’ health. Starting this month, The Medical Center of Aurora’s registered dietitians will identify patients who have undergone bypass surgery, suffered a heart attack, or been diagnosed with…
Whether you’re vegan, paleo, or somewhere in between, the one thing nearly everyone can agree on is the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. The benefits are too numerous to list and include longer life expectancy and lower blood pressure.
Vegetables are so important that nutrition experts recommend adults aim for five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily. But what counts as a serving? How do you know if you’re getting enough fruits and vegetables in your diet to reap the benefits?
We attended The Heart of the Matter, Medical Center of Aurora‘s Cardiac Symposium, to speak with doctors, nurses, and other health care providers about food as medicine. Project Angel Heart provides specialized meals for clients living with heart issues, which focus on carbohydrate control, low saturated fat, high fiber, and low salt. One of the challenges that…