Hammond-Beyer Health Center/Nutrition

NUTRITION and DIET
HOLISTIC HEALTH SERVICES
Provided by Beth D. Kelly at Hammond-Beyer Health Center

Beth D. Kelly is a nutritionist and dietary consultant who helps
empower people to make positive changes in their lives through
better food choices and a healthy lifestyle. She holds a Bachelor of
Science degree from Lander University and has continued her
education at other academic institutions including Clemson
University and Piedmont Technical College. She previously
worked at a local health care facility, educating people who were
already ill and needed to modify their diet in order to control their
disease or improve their condition, including diabetes,
hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer, and heart disease. Now, with a
focus on prevention, Beth uses a holistic approach in her practice.
Based on your unique physical condition and situation, Beth can
create a customized program that you can follow to achieve your
goals. She can help you transition from poor food choices all at
once or one step at a time. She offers private and group nutrition
counseling sessions on weekdays and evenings by appointment.
Please call (803) 649-1246 to make an appointment.

Our Nutritionist's Services include:

Weight Management
Hypertension Control
Diabetes Management
Osteoporosis
Allergies
Lowered Risk of Disease
Vitamin and Supplement
Recommendations
Dining out & shopping tips

You Are What You Eat!
WARNING: This article does not contain sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine
mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, propylene glycol mono-
and diesters of fats, mono- and diglycerides), cocoa powder processed with alkali, dextrose, leavening (sodium
bicarbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, salt,
polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, cellulose gum or xanthan gum.**

Recently a middle aged man came to Hammond-Beyer Health Center for help. He had gained a great deal of weight,
his blood pressure and cholesterol were elevated, and he was experiencing sleep apnea. He had pain in his knees, hips,
and feet and he felt tired all the time. He consulted the nutritionist at HBHC, who worked with him to develop a
customized plan with healthier food and lifestyle options. In just a few short months, the man lost 45 pounds, his
blood pressure was normal without medication, his cholesterol dropped 42 points, and his joint pain was resolved. Best
of all, the man was not hungry and he did not feel deprived. The changes he had made were changes he could live
with… for life.

Hammond-Beyer Health Center’s nutritionist, Beth Kelly, helps empower people to make positive changes in their
lives through better food choices and a healthy lifestyle. She can help you navigate through conflicting information and
avoid short-term fad diet disasters. Some of the areas Beth can assist with include:

•        Weight Management
•        Lowered Risk of Disease
•        Hypertension Control
•        Diabetes Management
•        Osteoporosis
•        Allergies
•        Vitamin and Supplement Recommendations

A native of Abbeville, South Carolina, Beth Kelly graduated from Lander University with a B.S. in Business
Administration. She combined her background in business with her passion for cooking and opened her own catering
business. She later worked as a sales director for The Pampered Chef for eleven years. She loved preparing food but
wanted to do more. “I spent many years feeding people what they wanted to eat,” said Ms. Kelly, “but later learned
how to feed people what they needed to eat.” She continued her education, conducted research, and received extensive
training working as a nutritionist at a local health care facility for five years under a registered dietician. She worked
primarily to educate people who were already ill and needed to modify their diet in order to control their disease or
improve their condition, including diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer, and heart disease.

“It occurred to me that many of the patients’ chronic illnesses were preventable,” she said. “Lifestyle choices, including
diet, have predictable consequences, such as obesity and heart disease. Why should you wait until you are sick to make
those changes?”

With a focus on prevention, Beth Kelly joined Hammond-Beyer Health Center three years ago and uses a holistic
approach in her practice. During the initial consultation, she will ask about your medical history, current medications
and dietary supplements, family history, and general lifestyle habits. She will ask you to keep a food diary for two
weeks, which may help uncover patterns of unhealthy eating, such as learned behaviors, mindless habit, and emotional
eating. She may identify toxins in the processed foods you are eating which can cause cravings and addictive behaviors.
Lack of exercise, water, and the amount of time spent outdoors can also impact overall health.

Based on your unique physical condition and situation, Beth will create a customized program that you can follow to
achieve your goals. She can help you transition from poor food choices all at once or one step at a time. She can help
parents make healthier food choices for their families. She can help develop weekly menus, teach correct portion sizes,
and show you how to read and understand package labels. She will even go with you to the grocery store!

Beth can help you “unrefine” your current diet. This means reducing or eliminating refined foods such as white flour,
white sugar, and white rice, as well as processed foods which contain preservatives and harmful trans fats. Partially
hydrogenated oil is particularly problematic. Hydrogenation is a chemical process used to solidify and increase the shelf
life of liquid oil, but it converts it to a substance that is unnatural to the human body. Because it cannot be processed
efficiently, it accumulates in the body and clogs arteries and organs. “The current Standard American Diet is SAD!”
Ms. Kelly said. She advocates eating a high percentage of raw, unprocessed, plant-based foods as the best source of
nutrition.

In addition to disease management and prevention, nutrition counseling can be helpful for parents of children with
ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). Children who are restless and
unable to stay focused often show remarkable improvement when foods containing dyes, preservatives, and unnatural
chemicals are removed from their diet.

Beth Kelly offers private and group nutrition counseling sessions on weekdays and evenings by appointment. She also
offers special sessions for corporate groups who want to promote health, wellness, and nutrition education among their
employees.

Hammond-Beyer Health Center is an alternative, interdisciplinary health center with many different treatment options
emphasizing the interplay of mind, body, emotions, and spirit. The body was designed to heal itself, but it requires
proper nourishment to do so.

** These are the ingredients listed on a package of dark chocolate fudge cake mix!

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