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Healing Herbs

Herbs and spices have been used for centuries... Try adding any of the following... to add flavor and reduce your daily sodium intake.

Annie Muto, MS, RD
Improving Heart Health

Improving Heart Health

Is your cholesterol clean-up crew up to the job? Low levels of HDL (high density lipoprotein) can lead to increase risk for heart disease but did you know that high levels of HDL can actually work as a clean-up crew, sweeping up the ‘bad’ LDL (low density lipoprotein)?

Annie Muto, MS, RD
National Nutrition Month 2021: Personalize Your Plate

Celebrate National Nutrition Month 2021: Personalize Your Plate

Since 1980, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has designated March as National Nutrition Month.This year, the theme is “Personalize your Plate”

Shield HealthCare Nutrition Team

Nutrition Basics for Pregnancy & Lactation

If you are planning to become pregnant, are pregnant, or are breastfeeding you may be wondering how to enhance your diet. Regardless of where you are in the journey...

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
Tube Feeding Support

Tube Feeding Support

Our nutrition program provides specialized support and products to help keep patients with complex health care needs at home and thriving with their families. We focus on caregiver support to promote healthy development and well-being.

Shield HealthCare Nutrition Team
Enteralite Infinity Pump Training

Video: How to Use the EnteraLite Infinity Feeding Pump

In this video, Shield HealthCare Registered Dietitian Mary K. demonstrates how to set up, program and prime the EnteraLite Infinity Feeding Pump, as well as how to set up and administer a formula feed. You can find more educational videos on enteral nutrition in our YouTube and Vimeo Channels. You can also learn about both… Continue reading Video: How to Use the EnteraLite Infinity Feeding Pump

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
alimentación por sonda

Tube Feeding Finally Made Food Fun

Tube Feeding gave me the space to mother him in all the ways I had longed for in those early months. Most importantly, it made us both grateful for the way food can provide both physical and emotional comfort in a time of need.

Jamie Sumner
Tube Fed Child

A Mother’s Perspective: Bonding With Your Tube Fed Child

Being both a mother and a professional in the food and nutrition business, Julie shares her advice for bonding with families of a tube fed child.

Aimee Jaremowicz RD, LDN
bond with your baby while tube feeding

Four Strategies to Bond with Your Baby While Tube Feeding

Even though you may not be able to feed your child as you planned, you can still comfort and bond with your baby while tube feeding.

Shield HealthCare Nutrition Team

What Do You Mean By Diet Change?

To a parent of a child with autism, the news of a needed diet change may sound like a daunting task. Learn how this mom dealt with such unexpected news.

Alethea Mshar
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