This is a simple method to teach carbohydrate counting using menus. Follow these simple steps: Copy a diner menu (You can use a menu from your favorite restaurant) Distribute copies of menu to patients and provide them with a budget (women 45-60g per meal; men 60-75g per meal). Instruct … [Read more...]
Nutrition Elevator Speech for People with Diabetes
I recently attended a party where a relative asked me for nutritional guidance. Her husband's doctor informed him that his blood glucose was "borderline" and he needed "to watch what he ate." I thought about my carbohydrate elevator speech. Yes, the one that all diabetes educators and registered … [Read more...]
Best Culturally Competent Communication Tools
How do you become culturally proficient? Do you know which questions to ask? Culturally competent interventions are efficacious in improving clinical and behavioral outcomes. Best Culturally Competent Communication Tools (PDF) provides you with tips to make your next cross-cultural encounter a … [Read more...]
Health and Nutrition Counseling Tips: How to Engage your Client
Suppose you are teaching "Managing Cholesterol." Most health educators feel they need to "cover" everything they know about managing cholesterol. Others feel they need to teach everything the client needs to know. Effective teaching, focuses on what the client/patient needs to DO to learn key … [Read more...]
Creative Nutrition Education Tool: Using the CHIP Method
Creative Teaching Tools- Use the CHIP Method (English) Plastic chips are a fun and effective teaching tool. I have used plastic chips successfully to teach different nutrition concepts such as protein, fat and carbohydrate as well as to teach carbohydrate content. The CHIP method allows the learner … [Read more...]
