Heart-healthy eating: How to improve your heart health with food

This class will arm participants with the knowledge and practical skills to take action to bolster heart health through simple diet and lifestyle changes. Topics addressed focus in on cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, with recipes and nutrition strategies for improving or reversing these conditions. The intended outcome is to
guide class participants toward healthier low-fat plant-based diets that reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. The class features a cooking demonstration of delicious, health-promoting dishes that everyone can try, along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.