Healthy Snacks program
On March 3 Eileen Moore, a Food for Life instructor and yoga instructor at PRFC. presented a program on health snacks. Food for Life is an award-winning nutrition education & cooking class program that provides an innovative approach to food as medicine.
Eileen shared how the prevalence of heart disease in her husband’s family encouraged her and her husband to transition to a whole foods, plant based diet. She brought a wealth of educational materials developed by Food for Life and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which included a “starter kit” in pamphlet form for getting started with a plant-based diet (link below). The Physicians Committee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, headquartered in Washington, DC that focuses on prevention over pills, and empowering people to take control of their own health through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research.
According to Dr. Neal Barnard of the PCRM, the pillars of heart health include regular exercise, stress relief, avoidance of smoking, and plant-based eating. After learning about healthy plant-based eating, participants enjoyed sampling a delicious and nutritious quinoa salad and white bean dip.
Interested in plant-based eating for your health? Check out the resources below that were identified during the program!
RESOURCES
Recipe: Quinoa salad with soy-orange dressing
Plant-based cookbooks:
- Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals, Dan Buettner
- Plant You, Carleigh Bodrug
- The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn
- Forks over Knives, The Cookbook, Del Sroufe
- Be a Plant-based Woman Warrior, Jane Esselstyn & Ann Crile Esselstyn
- Nourish, the Definitive Plant-based Nutrition Guide for Families, Reshma Shaw, MD & Brenda Davis, RD
Books by Dr. Neal Barnard:
- The Power Foods Diet
- Power Foods for the Brain
- Reversing Diabetes
- Your Body in Balance
- The Cancer Survivor’s Guide, Foods that Help You Fight Back
- 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart