Events

During this “Heart of Wellness” event, attendees participated in an afternoon program of experiential discovery:

• “Natural Prescriptions for Heart Health” with Dr. Stephen Devries, Executive Director, Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology
• “Plant-Based Nutrition Cooking Demo and Tasting; Take Home Easy and Delicious Recipes” with Carol D’Anca MS, CNS, LDN
• “A Taste of Tai Chi and QiGong with Practice of a Few Simple Movements to Do at Home” with Gordon Lock, Tai Chi Instructor

Dr. Devries gave a Grand Rounds presentation entitled “Integrative Approaches to Preventive Cardiology.”

One attendee provided the following feedback:

“It was excellent…a number of our faculty and resident physicians have told me that they have made nutritional changes based on your presentation as well as are recommending this to their patients.”

The Gaples Institute presented to a group of Hispanic mothers with children in the Head Start program in South Chicago. During the event, Dr. Devries discussed practical dietary changes to lower sugar load and improve family health, such as:

• 2 cans soda per day for 2 months leads to 5 pounds of extra body fat (shown in picture)
• 1 cup of white rice raises blood sugar more than a glazed donut

This conference is jointly sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health, the Culinary Institute of America, and the Samueli Institute.

Dr. Devries presented a session on “Dietary Fats and Heart Health Revisited: Insights for Your Clinical Practice and Palate.”

Dr. Devries is pictured here with Dr. David Eisenberg, founding co-director of the Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives conference.

Dr. Devries spoke to a group of women (and men!) dedicated to heart health education and mutual support on the topic of “Natural Approaches to Heart Health: Perspectives from a Preventive Cardiologist.”