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Colleen Gill is a nutritionist, Registered Dietitian, nutrition education speaker and author with 16 years experience working at the University of Colorado Hospital. Her 12 years of inpatient experience included work with pediatric, renal, bone marrow transplant and cancer patients. She now combines work at the Center for Integrative Medicine and the NCI accredited Anschutz Cancer Center with her private practice. Colleen attends nutritional conferences across the country each year to stay current with the latest nutritional research and therapies for chronic diseases. |
The diagnosis of any chronic disease is a life changing event. Nutrition can be a source of empowerment for patients dealing with problems they never expected to encounter. Making nutrition and lifestyle changes can help them regain a sense of control and the knowledge that they are a contributing member of their own health care team. However, sorting through the ever increasing amount of information available to patients can be overwhelming, increasing their anxiety level rather than reducing their stress. Friends and family can unknowingly add to this burden with their well meaning recommendations. The Internet is full of information about nutrition and supplements, some good, some bad, some even dangerous to your health. |
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My goals for our session(s):
- Identify and
correct any immediate nutrition problems that are limiting your ability
to get enough calories, protein, and nutrients to maintain your strength
and immune function.
- Provide an overview
of the nutrition interventions that are backed by scientific research
for your chronic condition. This does not mean that you must wait
for the results of clinical trials that prove benefit beyond a shadow
of a doubt. However, it is important to look at the strength of the
evidence that is available for various options you consider.
- Review any vitamin,
mineral or herbal supplements you are using or considering, to evaluate
those that are worthwhile and those that may be a waste of your money
or even dangerous to your health.
- Identify any
potential risks associated with changes in diet or supplementation
that you are considering.
- Help you prioritize
the changes that will be most helpful to you.
- Develop a plan
that helps you gradually phase in these changes. To be successful,
your plan must be one that you help to develop, based on your own
likes and dislikes!
- We make choices
in eating every day, many times a day.
Learning simple strategies to improve these choices can be empowering!
- Bachelor's Degree
in Biology;
Whitman College
- Master's Degree
in Nutritional Sciences;
University of Washington
- Registered Dietitian;
American Dietetic Association
# 687331
Colleen is a member of American Dietetic Association and the following ADA Specialty Groups:
Nutritional Support. In: Oncology Nursing Secrets, R. Fink, R. Gates (Editors), Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 1997 and 2001 editions
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Nutrition Foundations uses a natural approach to disease management. A Registered Dietitian, nutritionist, speaker and university instructor, Colleen has helped many patients with a Crohn’s disease diet, heart healthy diets, Parkinsons diet and nutrition, cancer, high blood pressure, IBS and other GI problems, osteoporosis and many other chronic diseases. She guides patients through difficult decisions around natural cancer supplements, identifying those with possible benefit and potential harm. Colleen assesses your lifestyle carefully and identifies changes that will work for you and will make immediate differences in your health. She is located in Denver, Colorado (CO). You can meet with her in person or on the phone.