Food as Medicine
Learn to prevent heart disease with our monthly plant-based diet classes.

Meet the Team

• Dr. Akilah Bates, MD (Internal Medicine Physician)
• Dietitian/Nutritionist)
• Behavioral Health Providers

Purpose

• Encourage increased fruit & vegetable intake
• Improve health, health outcomes, and body awareness through diet
• Use diet to prevent, treat, and possibly cure disease
• Introduction and exposure to new foods & cooking methods!

Goals

• Food/Meals that are “doable” in time and resources
• Food/Meals that are cheap or reasonable
• Food/Meals that require minimal equipment
• Food/Meal that has ingredients that are easily found and/or locally sourced