Food for Life: Heart Health — Food First

Food for Life: Heart Health — Food First

This FREE online class will arm participants with the knowledge and practical skills to take action to bolster heart health through simple, sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. Topics focus on major cardiovascular risk factors—such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis—with evidence-based recipes and nutrition strategies designed to improve or even reverse these conditions.

A special emphasis will be placed on the role of heart-healthy herbs and spices, highlighting how everyday seasonings can enhance flavor while supporting healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels, circulation, and inflammation—without added oil, salt, or sugar.

The intended outcome is to guide participants toward health-promoting, low-fat, plant-based diets that reduce the risk and incidence of cardiovascular disease. The class features a live cooking demonstration of delicious, flavorful dishes that showcase herbs and spices as powerful allies for heart health, along with handouts of easy, affordable recipes participants can confidently prepare at home.