Stacey Matthews Nutrition

Wellness

A good diet is important for so much more than just helping to meet your energy needs. The leading causes of death in adulthood are heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, all of which have nutritional roots. In addition to helping to prevent or postpone chronic diseases, eating a balanced diet can also help you prevent nutrition deficiencies and maintain or achieve a healthy weight.

Many of us strive to lose weight to look and feel better but a mere weight loss of 5-10% of your total weight (for a 175 lbs person that just 8-17lbs) can significantly reduce your risk of developing many chronic diseases!

Find out:

• What your energy (food) needs are
• How to eat more and still lose weight
• How to enjoy your favorite foods while losing weight
• To make simple & nutritious meals

Initial Assessments

In an Initial Assessment, we look at your weight history, your goals for yourself and the internal and external factors that affect your weight and your experience of your body. The Initial Assessment is important as we start to work on both the attitudes toward food and the decisions that you make when you purchase, order and cook the foods you eat.

Discuss your goals for your weight
Home kitchen evaluation
Weighed and measured

Pre-Conception

As women, we realize the importance of proper nutrition during pregnancy is essential for the growth & development of a unborn baby. What many of us do not realize is our nutritional health before pregnancy is important too (this applies for the daddy-to-be also)! We often wait until we are already pregnant to stop drinking and improve out diets, but the mother's preconception health and habits can influence a baby's health at birth and beyond.

What is Diabetes?

After we eat a meal containing grain products, fruits or dairy products our body eventually breaks these foods down into their simplest form called glucose. In healthy individuals, glucose is taken from the blood and put into our cells to use for energy. 

However, this process requires the assistance of a hormone called insulin. Individuals with diabetes are not able to make and/or use insulin to transfer glucose into their cells. This leads to high amounts of sugar in the blood that can cause serious damage to the body if left untreated.

About Stacey L. Matthews, MS, RD, LDN

Stacey Matthews is a counselor, speaker and writer on nutrition and wellness.

Educational Background
Stacey earned her Bachelors of Science in Biology from Hampton University, her Bachelors of Science in Nutrition from La Salle University, Masters of Science in Clinical Nutrition from New York University and completed her dietetic internship with the James J. Peters VA Medical Center.