Patient Education Sources

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 The Mediterranean Diet emphasizes plant-based foods and healthy fats. Research shows the Mediterranean Diet can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease and many other chronic conditions. 

 Eating healthy is important, it can be hard to know what and how much to eat—especially when you’re managing diabetes. 

Read more about heart healthy living and understand your risks in developing heart disease.  Keeping your heart healthy is something you can work on everyday.

Quitting smoking now improves your health and reduces your risk of heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and other smoking-related illnesses. 

 Find out how the overuse of antibiotics has increased the number of drug-resistant germs.  Antibiotic stewardship is the effort to measure and improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients 

Insurance typically requires the last 6 months worth of your eating habits for payment consideration of obesity medication.  Use the log below to keep track of your daily intake of food.

Insurance typically requires 6 months worth of exercise time for payment consideration of obesity medication. Use the log below to keep track of your movement.