Latest Veterans health Podcast Episodes
Fresh Focus #88: Spotlight on the Juneteenth Flag
Fresh Focus - May 17, 2024 17:54 - 8 minutesDr. Joel Hamilton brings awareness of the Juneteenth flag with this bonus episode highlighting the arc, which represents a new horizon.
Fresh Focus #87: Snacking During Cancer Treatments
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:31 - 8 minutesFor those with cancer, eating can become a frustrating task. Some foods can aggravate symptoms, whereas some foods can help. Your taste buds can begin to deceive you. Your appetite can vary greatly. There are many appropriate questions and concerns to have during this process, even in r...
Fresh Focus #86: Snacking with Veggies First
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:28 - 9 minutesNon-starchy vegetables can be a phenomenal go-to to when it comes to snacking. They are nutrient dense, provide a low calorie source of volume, and they are very affordable! Join Beth as she discusses the benefits of vegetables as snacks, and gives us five usable tips to incorporate mor...
Fresh Focus #85: Snacking for Diabetes
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:24 - 7 minutesSnacking for people with diabetes!? Yes, of course! As with anything else, proper knowledge and the appropriate incorporation of snacks can absolutely be an option for someone dealing with diabetes. In today’s world, there are many advances to diabetes medication and insulin regimens...
Fresh Focus #84: Snacking at Sporting Events
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:21 - 7 minutesKerri knocks this topic out of the park by getting into the ins-and-outs of concession eats! There are many options to consider at sporting events, and not often are they the most nourishing. There are so many other factors that come into play as well, including what meal of the day it ...
Fresh Focus #83: Tips to Avoid Excessive Snacking
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:17 - 8 minutesIn this episode, Sieger leads us down the rabbit hole in regards to the potential downfalls of snacking. Snacks, although enjoyable and sometimes appropriate, can sometimes be more of a hindrance than a help. How can we identify the difference? Sometimes we do things that aren’t quite...
Fresh Focus #82: Snacking for Kids
Fresh Focus - May 13, 2024 21:12 - 9 minutesWhether you’re a parent with kids at home, or a grandparent, aunt, uncle, babysitter, or friend, this episode is for you! Lauren leads us through some practical tips and ideas to make your whole family’s snacks healthier. The typical American child eats about triple the recommended amo...
Fresh Focus #81: HTK Tips on Reducing Food Waste
Fresh Focus - February 15, 2024 16:27 - 19 minutesListen in as Yaqutullah and Hillary share practical tips to reduce food waste and help save you money and time with meal planning. VA Healthy Teaching Kitchen provides numerous recipes and meal ideas to fit your taste preferences and nutrition needs. Have a plan to use up items that y...
Fresh Focus #80: Gardening and Composting
Fresh Focus - February 15, 2024 16:26 - 16 minutesEating a plant-based diet can provide both health and environmental benefits. Listen in as Jennifer and Becca talk about the benefits of gardening and composting. Composting offers a way to turn food waste into something that can benefit the environment. Consider starting your own gard...
Fresh Focus #79: Easy Ways to Add Plant-based Protein
Fresh Focus - February 15, 2024 16:25 - 10 minutesIf you are looking at incorporating more plant-based proteins in your meals and snacks, listen to this episode as Shelby and Selena talk about some of their favorite recipes. Be sure to visit the Healthy Teaching Kitchen YouTube Channel to watch videos and find plant based food item...
Fresh Focus #78: Steps to Sustainable Shopping
Fresh Focus - February 15, 2024 16:24 - 7 minutesWorking towards being more sustainable is much easier than you might think! Listen in as Jamie and Becca discuss easy steps to start with during your next grocery store trip. Try to purchase foods that are versatile, can be stored easily and foods that you can use in more than one way. ...
Fresh Focus #77 Sustainability Starting Tips
Fresh Focus - February 15, 2024 16:23 - 9 minutesThis year, for National Nutrition Month®, the team at Fresh Focus Podcast partnered with the Green Environmental Management System Committee, GEMS, to bring you information on getting started with being more sustainable by reducing food waste, eating more plant-based food items, and lea...
Fresh Focus #76: Maintaining Progress
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 17:25 - 10 minutesAll of the lifestyle changes that you have made in the last several weeks of this program have led to a healthier you! We want to help you maintain all of these healthy habits moving forward, which brings us to today’s episode! The last episode of the series focuses on how to maintain t...
Fresh Focus #75: Sleep Hygiene & Weight Management
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 17:21 - 14 minutesEver wonder about the connection between sleep and body weight? Tune in to this episode as Angie, Dietitian and MOVE! Facilitator at the St Louis VA Health Care System, talks about ways to improve your sleep hygiene and how the MOVE! Weight management program can help you reach your hea...
Fresh Focus #74: Overcoming a Weight Plateau
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutesA weight plateau can be a challenge and barrier we face when we are trying to better manage our weight. Find out how to set yourself up for success when experiencing this issue. Tune in to this episode to find the best way continue moving forward with your goals. Aimee Wittmaier with th...
Fresh Focus #73: Exercise Tips and How to MOVE! More
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 16:57 - 12 minutesExercise is such a great thing for our bodies and there are numerous ways to modify activities to avoid pain and to make them more comfortable. It is possible to increase activity throughout the day no matter what your circumstance is! Listen to this episode as Dr. Raine Bradshaw, a Phy...
Fresh Focus #72: Meal Planning & Cooking for One
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 16:54 - 12 minutesNavigating recipes can be a challenge when you are cooking for one. Common recipes are created for 4-6+ people. It is important to include a variety of foods to help you get all of the nutrients that you need, but how do you do this? Tune in to find out more about how a VA dietitian can...
Fresh Focus #71: What is the MOVE! Program?
Fresh Focus - July 07, 2023 16:49 - 8 minutesDescription: You may or may not have heard of the MOVE! program at your VA before tuning into today’s episode. However, MOVE has actually been around since 2006. MOVE!is the nation-wide weight management program designed to help Veterans lose weight and keep it off. Using weekly ses...
Fresh Focus #70: Health Marketing Messages
Fresh Focus - March 01, 2023 22:32 - 15 minutesMarch is a whole month dedicated to promote the profession of Nutrition Services as well as delivering nutrition education to the public. A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist can help you improve your overall health and wellness. Episode #70 focuses on the topic of health-related marketi...
Fresh Focus #69: Be Successful in Meal Planning
Fresh Focus - March 01, 2023 22:27 - 12 minutesIn episode #69 VA Dietitians discuss different meal planning strategies to better “fuel for the future” which is the 2023 theme of National Nutrition Month®. For most people, hearing the word meal planning or meal prepping may elicit images of extra time cooking, pre-portioning the same...
Fresh Focus #68: Food Insecurity
Fresh Focus - March 01, 2023 22:20 - 9 minutesIn the United States the USDA indicates that 13.8 million people are considered food insecure. Food security is a federal measure of a household’s ability to provide enough food for every person in the household to have an active, healthy life. In this episode we take a closer look at f...
Fresh Focus #67: Eating Healthy on a Budget
Fresh Focus - March 01, 2023 22:15 - 17 minutesMarch is National Nutrition Month® and is a chance to celebrate eating healthy. In episode #67, our VA Dietitians review tips for eating healthy on a budget. Specifically, whether you are buying groceries and cooking at home for yourself, including family members, or making the choice t...
Fresh Focus #66: Mindful Movements
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 18:41 - 15 minutesThe body can do great things, but we need to give it time to do so. In fresh focus episode #66 we discuss exercise in relation to cardiac health. Dietitian Sieger provides signs to be mindful of when starting a physical activity routine, and strategies on how to include regular activity...
Fresh Focus #65: Heart Healthy Shopping
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 18:33 - 11 minutesExcessive sodium intake is a concern for 9 out of 10 Americans. Having less sodium in your diet may help you lower or avoid high blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Dietary changes have a huge impact when we are away from the home. Whether its dini...
Fresh Focus #64: Cardiac Rehab at Home
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 18:07 - 9 minutesAccording to the American Heart Association, 1 in 4 heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge from the hospital, and approximately half within 6 months. It is suggested that around one-fourth of these readmissions may be preventable. For patients being treated fo...
Fresh Focus #63: Thinking Outside the Box
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 18:01 - 10 minutesIn a realistic world, heart healthy eating will have a different starting point for everyone. It might mean making a few smaller changes or bigger substitutions. If you are in the process of working toward eating healthier to reach your goals then listen in to episode #63, where Marion ...
Fresh Focus #62: Lifestyle Changes for a Healthy Heart
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 16:38 - 15 minutesVA Dietitians want to help encourage Veterans, their family, and caretakers to maintain heart health. Keeping our hearts healthy is important and nutrition can play a big role. In episode #62, listen along as Kristine, VISN 15 MOVE Coordinator reviews her top three lifestyle changes tha...
Fresh Focus #61: Transitioning to Home
Fresh Focus - June 14, 2022 16:29 - 11 minutesThere is a crucial transitional time after being discharged from the hospital where making changes could prevent the need to go back into the hospital. As Dietitians, we understand how hard it can be to digest nutritional information when discharged home from the hospital. Sometimes, th...
Fresh Focus #60: Mealtime Tips from the Healthy Teaching Kitchen
Fresh Focus - March 02, 2022 21:19 - 9 minutesWould you be interested in watching a cooking class demo while being able to be sit in your own kitchen and have the opportunity to cook along with the instructor? That is exactly what the VA Healthy Teaching Kitchen classes involve! Healthy Teaching Kitchens aim to improve healt...
Fresh Focus #59: Building Cooking Confidence with a Simple Ingredient
Fresh Focus - March 02, 2022 21:13 - 9 minutesListen in on this episode of Fresh Focus, where VA Dietitian, Dr. Joel Hamilton talks all about how to spice up your diet with using an ingredient that you already have on hand, a potato! Why potatoes? Potatoes are inexpensive and generally accessible. Learning several cooking tips ...
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