Nutrition
(309) 672-4970
Methodist's Nutrition Services are centered on helping you make healthy food choices for a healthier you! Through individual nutrition counseling, our registered dietitians can help you lose weight, decrease cholesterol and fat in your diet, improve oral intake when you have swallowing or chewing difficulties, understand dietary guidelines based on disease, and choose appropriate supplements to increase your protein and/or calories. To schedule an appointment with a registered dietitian, call (309) 671-8282.
The CDC recently released a new website on fruits and vegetables, "Fruits and Veggies Matter!" Use the link to the right to view recipes, learn more about fruits and vegetables, calculate how many fruits and veggies you need each day, and more.
Other Nutrition Services Available Through Individual Counseling or Group Classes Include:
Nutritional Needs
Using a variety of information, this nutritional needs calculator suggests the calorie intake and nutrional needs for a person trying to gain, lose, or maintain their weight.
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- Controlling your weight
- Making healthy food choices and planning meals
- Decreasing fat, cholesterol, sodium intake
- Nutrition during pregnancy and breast-feeding
- Understanding diets for various diseases
- Choosing supplements to increase calories and/or protein
- Different methods of feeding, such as tube feeding
- Studying fluid needs
- Improving oral intake for patients with swallowing difficulty, chewing problems, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, or bulimia
For more information, please call (309) 672-4957.
For an appointment with a dietitian, please call (309) 671-8282.
For an appointment with a dietician at the Diabetes Resource Center, please call (309) 672-4564 (referral required).
Have you heard the buzz about empty calories from the media? Check the facts with our own Registered Dietitian, Hannah Lee.