When you first heard that you needed to change your diet for your health, what thoughts went through your head?
"Boring"
"Not another diet!"
"What does that even mean?"
Nutrition and food can help us to slow down, stop, and even reverse many health conditions.
Through food and lifestyle changes you can lower your cholesterol, reduce high blood pressure, reverse pre-diabetes, improve your quality of living, and feel better.
And you don't have to spend hours researching random websites, watching Dr. Oz (please don't!), and spending hours upon hours cooking bland food. As your heart-smart dietitian, I am here to help!
I've been a registered dietitian, credentialed by the Commission on Dietetics Registration since 2016. I've worked in many different areas of nutrition from clinical work in the hospital to community geriatric nutrition to consulting with brands on the nutritional values of their products.
I became frustrated with the way our medical system was working for people. Vague, dangerous, and unhelpful diet and lifestyle recommendations before a major cardiac event are what most people experience. Then after their life was flipped upside down from a heart attack or stroke, the seriousness sets in. This is where I've been working for the past five years. Helping people pick up the pieces and make diet changes after they've been through what I assume is hell and back.
I've developed a preventative method for taking your health and your life back before it's turned upside down by a heart attack or stroke. My methods to help you feel your best, inside and out, are plant-focused, holistic, and definitely not another diet.
What is Plant Focused eating?
Plant focused eating is not vegan, vegetarian, Whole Foods Plant Based, gluten free, or any other diet, although for some it might end up falling into one of these categories. Plant-focused eating is the act of making plants the main focus of your meal planning.
If you put cheese on your tofu bowl, use honey in your granola, or enjoy a Friday night fish dinner, you're not breaking rules. Anything is allowed as long as it aligns with your ethics and health needs, but plants take the main stage.
Plant focused eating may align with your ethics to avoid meat or to avoid animal products. It could align with your dietary restriction or health goals. It could help you to save money by using less meat in your meals. It does make an impact on this world we all call home, significantly decreasing your own carbon footprint.