Announcing "Turning the Curve for Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients"!
Culmore Clinic is thrilled to announce that we received a grant from Kaiser Permanente to help support a pilot program we are starting in September called, Turning the Curve for Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients. In collaboration with NOVA Scripts Central, our pharmacy partner that provides patients with very low-cost prescription medications, we will be testing an integrated health initiative that will surround prediabetic and diabetic patients with a number of interventions that will encourage life-style changes aimed at positively impacting their health. To help with that is our new Nutritionist, Jenn Lyons, RDN, CDCES (pictured below in her garden) who has already jumped in to help patients manage their eating habits.
Jenn Lyons, RDN, CDCES
Understanding that no intervention will be successful if the patient isn’t committed to embracing it, Jenn always asks patients why they want help with nutrition. Here are some of the responses she shared with us:
“I want to eat better to lower my blood pressure.”
“It is hard for me to move around because of pain in my knees and, if I can lose weight, I think it will help.”
“I want to know how to eat better to get off medications.”
Jenn‘s approach is one of building hope and realistic expectation that change can happen with determination and also with an appreciation of the healthy foods that come from the various cultures of our patient population. She sees that in some patient responses after their sessions:
“I think I can make some of the small changes to what I eat without giving up my favorite foods.”
“I now know what eating healthier looks like.”
We will continue to keep you, our community, updated about this program’s launch and its successes!