Where Clinical Care Meets the Kitchen
In culinary medicine, our team of dietitians and chefs combine the evidence-based science of food, nutrition, and medicine with the art of cooking. While food plays a significant role in preventing disease and improving health, we also know there’s so much more to the meals that we eat. Food can build communities from shared experiences and empower individuals to take control of their health and lives. Curated foods, prepared correctly, can help to improve and/or reverse common chronic diseases, including diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), and obesity.
Food as Medicine: Evidence-Based Nutrition for Real Life
The “food as medicine” approach means we integrate your diet into your healthcare to prevent, manage, and treat chronic illnesses. We help support your health and wellness through food and nutrition.
Fiddle Fork
The Fiddle Fork meal program at the Benefis Goodnow Healthy Aging Center provides healthy culinary options. Our goal is to equip you with not only the ingredients but also the education and resources you need to maintain a nutritious, balanced, flavorful diet that helps you navigate aging and changing lifestyles.
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Husted Teaching Kitchen
The Husted Teaching Kitchen at Benefis Sletten Cancer Institute offers classes where you can learn tips on how to manage your nutritional needs directly from dietitians and chefs.
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Diabetes Management
Learn how to control your diabetes through clinics, individual or small-group consultations, support groups, and expert guidance.
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Weight Management
Benefis also offers a team approach to weight management.
You’ll work with a team of experts who focus on all aspects of weight loss – what you eat and why, and how your lifestyle habits affect your weight. We offer a full range of services, from one-on-one weight loss counseling and nutrition consultations after weight loss surgery to group education classes and support groups.
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Services
Healthy Aging
Geriatric care specializes in providing high-quality, patient-centered care to older adults. Our geriatricians can help you manage illnesses and develop care plans that address your specific needs.
