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Your doctor has recommended dietary support for a heart, kidney, endocrine or metabolic condition
↗Internal medicine & subspecialties
Dietetics & Nutritional Care Clinic
Personalised nutrition care matched with your diagnosis, medicines, treatment goals, culture and everyday life.
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Understanding Dietetics & Nutritional Care Clinic
The symptom may begin in one place while the answer involves several systems.
Food advice should support medical care—not compete with it. At Cardiocare, dietitians and nutrition professionals work with your doctors to understand the condition being treated, laboratory results, medicines, appetite, weight history, household routines and the foods you can realistically access. Together, we build a practical plan for heart health, diabetes, kidney disease, recovery, healthy weight loss or safe weight gain.
Internal medicine and its subspecialties investigate adult health problems that may be complex, recurring or linked across the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, hormones, digestion and immune system. The value is not simply having several doctors—it is having them work from one coordinated clinical picture.
A clearer, more hopeful way forward.
Complex symptoms can be exhausting, especially when care feels fragmented. We organise the information, explain what is known and unknown, and coordinate the next useful step.
When to speak with the team
Reasons people are referred.
These are common starting points, not a diagnostic checklist. The right assessment depends on the full clinical picture.
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You want medically supervised, sustainable weight loss
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You are underweight, losing weight unintentionally or have poor appetite
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You are living with diabetes, prediabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension
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You need guidance around kidney disease, dialysis or renal transplant nutrition
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You are preparing for or recovering from surgery, admission or a serious illness
↗What we can do
A complete dietetics & nutritional care clinic pathway.
Every capability is selected according to clinical need. Your team should explain why a test, treatment or referral is being considered.
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Medical nutrition therapy coordinated with the treating doctor
Nutrition plans are set jointly with the treating doctor so diet supports the overall treatment plan.
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Heart-healthy eating for hypertension, cholesterol and heart failure
Meal planning targets blood pressure, cholesterol and fluid needs for heart-healthy eating.
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Diabetes and prediabetes meal planning
Carbohydrate and portion guidance is tailored for diabetes and prediabetes.
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Kidney, dialysis and transplant nutrition support
Protein, fluid and mineral intake are adjusted for kidney disease, dialysis or transplant needs.
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Healthy and sustainable weight-loss programmes
Weight-loss plans are paced for steady, sustainable change rather than rapid results.
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Safe weight gain, poor appetite and undernutrition support
Supports patients who need to gain weight safely or who have lost their appetite.
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Pre-operative preparation and post-operative recovery nutrition
Nutrition is adjusted before surgery to prepare the body and after surgery to support healing.
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Meal planning around medicines, laboratory results and symptoms
Meal plans account for current medicines, laboratory results and day-to-day symptoms.
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Practical guidance using familiar Nigerian foods and household portions
Guidance uses familiar Nigerian foods and household measures rather than unfamiliar substitutes.
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Follow-up measurements, goal review and plan adjustment
Weight and other measurements are reviewed at follow-up to adjust the plan over time.
→What to expect
Your care, step by step.
Complex medicine feels more manageable when every stage is visible and every question has a place.
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Build the full picture
History, examination, existing diagnoses, medicines and patient priorities are reviewed together.
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Investigate selectively
Laboratory, imaging and physiological tests are chosen to answer specific questions.
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Bring in the right experts
Relevant subspecialists join without fragmenting the overall plan.
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Treat and monitor
The team balances benefits, interactions, side effects and practical daily management.
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Maintain continuity
Reports, follow-up and back-referral help the patient and referring clinician stay informed.
Nutrition that works with your treatment
A healthier way of eating should fit your diagnosis—and still feel possible in everyday life.
Medical nutrition care is not a punishment, a crash diet or a list of imported foods. It is a structured clinical service that translates your diagnosis, laboratory results, medicines, body measurements, symptoms and personal goals into realistic choices. Our dietitians and nutrition professionals work with Cardiocare doctors so the nutrition plan supports the same outcome as the medical plan.
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The same food is not right for everyone
A person living with heart failure, diabetes, chronic kidney disease or poor appetite may need very different advice. Your plan is shaped by the condition, treatment stage, medicines, laboratory results and clinical priorities.
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Weight change needs a safe strategy
Healthy weight loss focuses on sustainable portions, food quality, activity and medical causes of weight gain. Safe weight gain looks at appetite, muscle, nutrient intake and any illness making it difficult to maintain weight.
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Familiar food can remain on the table
The team can work with Nigerian meals, household cooking patterns, religious or cultural preferences, shift work and family budgets. The aim is to adjust portions, preparation and balance—not make daily life unrecognisable.
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Follow-up turns advice into progress
Weight, symptoms, blood pressure, glucose readings and relevant laboratory results help the team see what is working. The plan can change as medicines, recovery, kidney function or treatment goals change.
When to speak with us
Start with the concern you have—not a perfect medical label.
These are common reasons to arrange an assessment. They do not confirm a diagnosis, and the appropriate starting team may change after clinical review.
- Your doctor has recommended dietary support for a heart, kidney, endocrine or metabolic condition
- You want medically supervised, sustainable weight loss
- You are underweight, losing weight unintentionally or struggling with poor appetite
- You are living with diabetes, prediabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension
- You need guidance around kidney disease, dialysis or renal transplant
- You are preparing for or recovering from surgery, admission or a serious illness
- Online food advice feels confusing or conflicts with your medicines and diagnosis
Your connected pathway
Every stage has a purpose.
Cardiocare brings the relevant specialists, investigations, treatment and follow-up into one documented plan.
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Understand your health
We review the medical diagnosis, medicines, laboratory results, symptoms, appetite, weight history and the goals agreed with your doctor.
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Understand your real routine
A detailed food history explores meals, portions, cooking methods, work patterns, household needs, preferences and practical barriers.
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Build a personalised plan
Your dietitian translates clinical priorities into clear meal patterns, portions, swaps and preparation guidance using foods that are familiar and accessible.
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Practise the decisions
You learn how to plan meals, read labels, handle eating out, manage celebrations or travel and respond to common difficulties without abandoning the plan.
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Measure and adjust
Follow-up reviews progress, symptoms, measurements and relevant laboratory results with the wider clinical team, then adapts the plan safely.
Why Cardiocare for this programme
Multispecialty care changes what is possible.
The strongest advantage is not one department. It is the ability to bring the right departments together quickly and safely.
Heart, kidney and diabetes teams
Cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and diabetology help define safe targets where fluid, salt, potassium, glucose, cholesterol or medicines need special attention.
Surgery, ICU and recovery
Nutrition support can help prepare selected patients for major treatment and support healing, strength and rehabilitation after illness or surgery.
One practical plan
Because clinicians work within the same hospital system, patients are less likely to receive disconnected or contradictory advice from separate services.
The Cardiocare advantage
Expertise is stronger when the whole system is ready.
Because the clinic sits inside a cardiovascular multispecialty hospital, nutrition advice can be aligned with cardiology, endocrinology, diabetology, nephrology, surgery and rehabilitation. Patients receive one coordinated plan instead of conflicting instructions from separate providers. This is why patients, families and referring clinicians choose Cardiocare for care that may need more than one specialist or facility.
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One hospital, one plan
Consultation, diagnostics, intervention, surgery, ICU/HDU, dialysis and recovery can coordinate without fragmenting the patient journey.
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Pioneering capability
Advanced catheter, device and surgical expertise—including Northern Nigeria’s first cardiac left bundle branch pacing—reflects a culture of clinical progress.
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Critical care around complex care
Round-the-clock emergency, ICU and HDU support surrounds patients whose needs may change quickly.
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Multispecialty judgement
Cardiology works alongside nephrology, endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, surgery and other specialists when one diagnosis is not the whole story.
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Care here in Nigeria
International-level cardiovascular capability in Abuja helps families avoid unnecessary travel abroad and remain closer to their support system.
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Education is part of care
Plain-language teaching, patient guides, support programmes and professional education turn expertise into confidence.
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Questions patients ask
Good questions deserve clear answers.
Open each question for a straightforward explanation. Your own clinician should still interpret what it means for you.
Ask the Cardiocare team01Do I need a referral from my doctor to see a dietitian?＋
A referral helps the dietitian align the plan with your diagnosis and medicines, but internal-medicine or specialist review can also identify when nutrition support would help.
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No. Plans are built around your diagnosis, laboratory results, medicines and the foods you can realistically access, including familiar Nigerian meals and household routines.
03Can nutrition advice conflict with my medicines?＋
The dietetics team works with your treating doctor so nutrition advice supports — rather than conflicts with — your medical plan, medicines and laboratory targets.
04How is progress followed up?＋
Weight, symptoms, blood pressure, glucose readings and relevant laboratory results are reviewed at follow-up so the plan can be adjusted safely over time.
Important medical information
This page is educational and cannot diagnose a condition or determine which treatment is right for an individual. A clinician must assess symptoms, results, medicines and overall health. Severe or rapidly worsening symptoms need urgent care.
Consultant-led teamsCardiology, interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery, led by fellowship-trained consultant physicians (FWACP/FMCP).
Pioneer institutionNorthern Nigeria's pioneer cardiovascular institution, recognised by the Nigerian Cardiac Society.
Teaching hospitalA postgraduate teaching institution and MDCN-accredited CPD provider.
Proven cath labHundreds of successful catheter-based procedures in our on-site cath lab.
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