Diabetes Management with Dietitian and Nutritionist
Manage Diabetes with the Help of a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Enlist the services of our dietitian and nutritionist for diabetes management and receive personalized nutritional counselling and customized meal planning to balance blood sugar levels, and help support your overall diabetes management program.
Can a dietitian and nutritionist help with diabetes?
Yes, a registered dietitian can certainly help manage type 1 and type 2 diabetes using nutritional interventions and personalized meal planning to help balance blood sugar levels.
How can a dietitian and nutritionist for diabetes help?
If you’re suffering from diabetes, our chronic disease support dietitians can help manage the disease in the following ways:
- Provide education about diabetes: Receive education from a registered dietitian for diabetes about the causes, risk factors and symptoms of the disease.
- Diet assessment: Have a dietitian and nutritionist conduct a thorough assessment of your current dietary habits, blood sugar levels, and overall health, and suggest areas for improvement.
- Help stabilize blood sugar levels: Allow a diabetes care dietitian to provide guidance on balanced meals to maintain stable blood glucose levels throughout the day.
- Reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes: A registered dietitian can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes with personalized nutritional interventions.
- Receive a diabetes meal plan: Receive a personalized meal plan created by a dietitian that’s tailored to your specific type of diabetes, lifestyle and food preferences. This includes an insulin resistance meal plan.
- Support for hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia: Receive the support of a dietitian for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) or hyperglycemia.
- Help you follow insulin resistance diet: A dietitian and nutritionist can also help you follow insulin resistance diet via a tailored meal guide, explicit instructions and ongoing support.
- Offer help with carb counting: Discuss and outline carb counting during your session with a dietitian.
- Discuss the glycemic index: A registered dietitian for diabetes support can explain the importance of the glycemic index and associated food choices.
- Help with reading food labels: Work with a dietitian and nutritionist and learn how to read and interpret food labels to make informed choices regarding carbohydrate content and added sugars as they relate to diabetes.
- Address dietary restrictions: An Rd can provide guidance with specific dietary preferences or restrictions while still ensuring balanced nutrition and blood sugar control.
- Assist with planning diabetes-friendly snacks: A dietitian and nutritionist can outline diabetes-friendly snacks to help prevent hypoglycemia and maintain steady blood sugar levels between meals.
- Help create a healthy food environment: A dietitian and nutritionist for diabetes care can help you design a healthy food environment, at home, work and elsewhere, to maximize the chances of success of the diabetes management program.
- Help decrease the need for medications
- Recommend nutritious foods that support blood sugar control: A dietitian can also suggest foods rich in nutrients that support overall health and blood sugar control, while also addressing other health concerns such as weight loss, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, gastrointestinal health, athletic nutrition needs, women’s health needs and others.
- Receive ongoing support: Schedule regular follow-up appointments with a dietitian for diabetes to monitor progress, address any challenges or concerns, and make adjustments to the meal plan as needed.
- Provide additional resources: Offer educational resources for ongoing learning about diabetes and its management.
- And more.
What other types of chronic disease does a dietitian help manage?
In addition to appointments with a dietitian and nutritionist for diabetes, you can also address a number of other health concerns.
Free Consultation
Schedule a free, no-obligation phone consultation during which we can:
- Outline how the process works
- Discuss your goal(s)
- Explain how billing and pricing work
- Address concerns about insurance
- Help you select a practitioner
- Answer any other questions
- And more
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Where to Find our Dietitian and Nutritionist for Diabetes Care
Manage diabetes with our nutritionist and dietitian at the below locations.
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Virtual support of a dietitian for diabetes management
In addition to servicing clients in-person you can also enlist the help of a nutritionist and dietitian online, via phone or video-conferencing platforms.
Join many of our existing clients who come from across Canada to address their various concerns pertaining to the management of diabetes with our dietitians.
We also provide nutritional counselling virtually to the residents of other provinces: BC, AB, SK, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC and the territories.
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