Turn Taco Tuesday’s dinner into Wednesday’s healthy lunch by packing (whole grain) taco shells, seasoned lean ground turkey or pork, lettuce and cherry tomatoes. Top broccoli slaw with dried cranberries and raspberry vinaigrette and you’ve got yourself a winning combination! Here are more healthy lunch ideas for work. Keep it fresh by packing some ingredients separately… Continue reading Ideas for a Healthy Lunch at Work

Wondering what to eat for lunch today? How about something that won’t bring on the post-lunch guilt or worse, the afternoon doldrums? Starting in March, in honor of National Nutrition Month, Shield HealthCare is holding a Show Us Your Healthy Lunch Contest (details coming soon)! Start training now to be one of our lucky winners!… Continue reading What’s a Healthy Lunch?

The Enteralite Infinity pump is light, portable and easy to use for those that are tube fed. Follow these steps to get started.

Unforeseen events happen. Like inclement weather and power outages. What if you get your nutrition with a feeding pump and the power goes out during a storm? Your pump’s battery may last a few hours, but what then? If you have a gastrostomy, or G-tube, you may be able to administer short-term bolus or gravity… Continue reading How Do I Feed When My Pump Fails? Emergency Gravity Feeding

An enteral backpack is a special backpack designed to carry a feeding pump and formula. Learn how to use an eneral backpack & take your nutrition on-the-go.

When using a feeding tube, knowing how to gravity feed, where Formula flows out of a feeding bag and into your feeding tube by gravity, can be important.

“I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!” – Sam Levenson, American humorist Each February, we recognize American Heart Month and National Go Red Day®. Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, are our nation’s number one killer. American Heart Month was designed to help educate people about their hearts and how to keep them healthy. Heart… Continue reading February Is American Heart Month

Ring in the New Year with good-for-you food trends that will keep you in the know and in good health. What to Eat Ancient Grains: Move over, white rice. Quinoa, spelt, farro, amaranth, millet, barley and other whole grains are trendier and more flavorful and nutritious than refined grains, like white rice or pasta. Expect… Continue reading Nutrition Trends: 2014

This March, enter our “Show Us Your Healthy Lunch” Contest for a chance to WIN a custom lunch cooler from Shield HealthCare! A healthy lunch consists of a well-balanced meal that includes vegetables, fruit, whole grains and lean protein. Entering the contest is easy – simply follow these three steps: Visit the Shield HealthCare Facebook… Continue reading Show Us Your Healthy Lunch Contest

From February 9-15, 2014, Shield HealthCare is proud to celebrate the fourth annual Feeding Tube Awareness Week® with the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation. Feeding Tube Awareness Week raises public awareness about the positive benefits of tube-feeding. A feeding tube is a lifesaving medical intervention that provides essential nutrition and hydration. This annual event gives us the opportunity to… Continue reading Shield HealthCare Celebrates Feeding Tube Awareness Week 2014