Success StoryCan I eat that?



Can I eat that?

Author: Cindy Maggard

Planning Unit: Knott County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Nutrition Education Program Assistant in Knott County teaches low income families.  Class participants vary in age from young adults to seniors.  Diet quality is a concern for adults and they are sometime limited on what they can eat as they get older.

One senior homemaker had approached the assistant on some help on her diet.  She was having some health problems and had read that limiting gluten in the diet would her issues she was having.  The assistant suffers from Celiac Disease, which is a auto-immune disease that doesn’t allow you to process the gluten protein.  The assistant advised the client on the publications that the program has on the disease along with some of her tips she has learned herself.  The client started eating the gluten free items and within a month she stated that she was already feeling much better.  She had cut out almost 100% of gluten out of her diet and was showing about a 90% improvement in her overall health.  

The assistant and the client discusses often things that will help her along the way.  Advises her on what she can eat or not eat.  Vitamins and other foods she can eat that will help improve her overall gut health.  This is will be a learning experience for them both along the way.






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