Sussex County YMCA – Healthy Heart Mediterranean Diet Talk

Thursday Feb 6th at 12:20 p.m. the SC - YMCA is delighted to have its Shoprite sponsor for the Potluck Community Lunch segment of its Active Adult Day program. It is Free to community participates and encourages attendees to bring a covered dish to share as they listen to an informative guest speaker. Shoprite of Sparta’s instore Dietitian Samantha Cifelli MS, RD will be presenting the Healthy Heart benefits of a Mediterranean style diet. February is Heathy Heart Month.

Samantha is the dietitian to the newest Shoprite super store that had its grand opening this fall. This store has an expansive variety of fresh produce and a large selection of organic and specialty diet packaged and prepared foods.

Shoprite dietitians provide complimentary services such as one-on-one consultations, supermarket tours, support groups, weight management classes, kids and adult cooking classes and in-store product samplings.

ShopRite dietitians also work in the communities they serve, regularly partnering with hospitals, doctors, libraries, schools, universities and non-profits to conduct free workshops and seminars.

A Mediterranean-style diet can help you achieve the American Heart Association’s recommendations for a healthy dietary pattern that:

· stresses vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans and legumes;

· incorporates low-fat or fat-free dairy products, fish, poultry, non-tropical vegetable oils and nuts; and limits added sugars, sugary beverages, sodium, highly processed foods, refined carbohydrates, saturated fats, and fatty or processed meats.

This Mediterranean style approach to eating can provide healthy steps in preventing heart disease and stroke. These food diet choices do help in reducing risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. There is certain data that has revealed a Mediterranean diet rich in virgin olive oil may help the body remove excess cholesterol from arteries and keep blood vessels open.

Thinking of joining the “Y” as your community health and fitness place? This event presents a perfect opportunity for visiting Community members to check out this YMCA facility that has a pool, saunas, indoor courts, exercise equipment and great group fitness programs like their Active Adult program. You can also visit their website to see their program offerings and time schedules at sussexcountyymca.org.

Participants can register for this event at the Welcome Center desk or by phone 973-209-9622. The Sussex County YMCA is located at – 15 Wits End Road Hardyston, NJ 07419.