Foods for a Healthy Heart

720 North 87th Street,Omaha NE 68114

16 May, 2023

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This is a great event to connect with others in our community and learn how to cook for optimum heart health! Please join us for a fun evening of mocktails and mingling, tasty appetizers, whole food plant-based hands-on cooking and food sampling! We will also have some great giveaways! Food for Life- Foods for a Healthy HeartResearch shows a plant-based diet doesn’t just prevent heart disease, but it can manage and sometimes even reverse it. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Eating habits and other lifestyle factors play a key role in determining the risk of heart disease. Pioneering studies by Dean Ornish, MD, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., MD, and others have shown a ow-fat, plant-based diet, combined with regular exercise and a healthful overall lifestyle, can prevent, delay, and even reverse heart disease and other cardiovascular events. Dr. Ornish’s landmark study tested the effects of a plant-based diet on participants with moderate to severe heart disease. There were no surgeries or stents – just simple diet and lifestyle changes. Within weeks, 90 percent of chest pain diminished. After just one month, blood flow to the heart improved. After a year, even severely blocked arteries reopened. At the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Esselstyn tested the same approach on patients with severe heart disease and published similar results. Thirty years later, all of the compliant patients are still thriving. Plant-based diets benefit heart health because they contain no dietary cholesterol, very little saturated fat, and abundant fiber. Meat, cheese, and eggs, on the other hand, are packed with cholesterol and saturated fat, which cause plaque buildup in the arteries, eventually leading to heart disease. A plant-based diet can also help improve several risk factors for heart disease: - High blood pressure: A plant-based diet, rich in potassium, improves blood pressure. - High cholesterol: Aim for high-fiber foods, which can help lower cholesterol. - Atherosclerosis: Diets rich in saturated fat and cholesterol cause plaque buildup in the arteries, restricting blood flow. - Inflammation: Plant-based diets help reduce inflammation, which can lead to heart disease and other conditions. Presenter: Cody Stubbe, MSN, RN, Food for Life Instructor, Nursing Instructor at NMC and at Purdue University Global, NONL member, ACLM member and Lifestyle Medicine Student Interest Group advisor at NMC, Co-Leader of the Nurses Nutrition Network through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Co-Director of So Many Cooks in the Kitchen and So Many Kids in the Kitchen, international speaker at Holistic Holiday At Sea, and founder of Wholistic Dish, LLCHosted by:Nebraska Organization for Nursing Leadership and Wholistic Dish, LLC.For more information on NONL please visit: https://nebraskaonl.org/