Nutrition and Food Services
Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) develops and provides comprehensive evidenced based nutritional services for our Veterans and their families across VHA’s health care facilities. NFS delivers safe and high quality patient food services. NFS Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) serve as nutrition diagnosticians and medical nutrition therapists for Veterans and their families utilizing the nutrition care process and mentor future RDNs through VA Dietetic Internship programs. RDNs promote wellness and disease prevention by ensuring effective nutrition education and counseling. The nutrition team proactively contributes to multiple VA initiatives including TeleNutrition, the Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT), Cultural Transformation, nutrition research, and social media communications. NFS is transforming VA in its advanced clinical nutrition practices, data driven quality improvement, and healthy teaching kitchen programs to improve Veterans and their family members’ health outcomes.
Nutrition and Health
Nutrition Blogs
Video Recipes
Nutrition and Health
Food choices can impact a number of health conditions such as as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. View the list of nutrition related health conditions below to learn how your food choices can make a difference in managing your health
Food and Drug Interactions
Healthy Aging
Heart Health (Managing high cholesterol and high blood pressure)
Neurological Disorders and Spinal Cord Injuries
Weight Management - If you want to lose weight
Weight Management - If you need to gain weight
Wellness and Healthy Living
Women's Health
Nutrition Blogs
These blogs have been written by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists who work at VA centers accross the country
Liver and Nutrition
Clearing the Cholesterol Confusion
Women Should Eat Well for Healthy Pregnancy
Hydration: Why is Water So Important?
How Lifestyle Changes Can Decrease Risk of Chronic Inflammation
Health Benefits of Gardening for Veterans
4 Ways to Keep a Healthy Body and Mind as We Age
Reducing Food Waste
Mindful Eating
Video Recipes
Featured Recipe:
Holiday Bake
An easy recipe using leftovers from your holiday meal
More video recipes for the Holiday Season:
Brussels sprout salad
Kale salad with apples, cranberries, and pecans
Warm Cinnamon Apples
Sofrito - featured in the Holiday Bake video
For additional recipes visit our Recipe and Cookbook page
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