Healthy recipes and more

Looking for something tasty and healthy too? See our Nutrition page to find recipes and tips to stay healthy.

This week's recipe is A+ snack mix

Have your Holiday and Eat It Too

On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 JoEllen Neefe, RD, CD, CDE spoke to the diabetes support group on Managing Diabetes During the Holiday Season.

General Guidelines for Healthy Eating:

• Never arrive to a party or holiday meal hungry.
• Eat smaller, lower calorie foods during the day prior to going to a gathering or party.
• Plain basic food is always the safest. Watch out for sauces, gravies, cheese sauces, cream sauces, and casseroles.
• Fill half of your plate with low-calorie vegetables.
• Fruit from the fruit basket is the best dessert.
• Coffee and unsweetened tea are free foods. Add an artificial sweetener if needed.

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Secure Messaging to Your Provider (NextMD)

Prairie Clinic now offers NextMD, a web portal that allows secure messages and refill requests to some of our providers. Over time, we plan to add additional features and more providers.

In NextMD, you can send, read and reply to secure messages to/from Prairie Clinic. Each message has a category, such as medical questions or billing questions. Please allow 2 business days for someone to respond to your message. If you feel a life threatening situation exists, immediately call the ambulance by dialing 911.

Contact your provider to sign up. For more information... Read More.

For a handy guide to using NextMD, click here.

Prairie Clinic Participates in Wisconsin Immunization Registry

Prairie Clinic participates in the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) program. WIR is a statewide database of immunizations to help keep everyone on track for their recommended immunizations and provides that information to health care providers and schools... Read More.