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🌱 ⭐️ New for 2024: Monthly Plant-Based Dinner Parties! 🥗 💚

Join us in a delightful culinary adventure hosted by Susan Spell, NP, of Headwaters Health and Stephanie Crosier, RDN of Crosier Health and Wellness. Our aim? To unite food enthusiasts over a table filled with delicious, artistic, and health-boosting plant-based meals. 🍽

Why Be Plant-Based or Plant-Forward? 🌿
The perks are endless! From improved blood pressure and cholesterol levels to enhanced blood sugar control and reduced cancer risks. Plus, experience fewer aches and pains. And there's more - it's not just good for you, but good for our planet too! As Dean Ornish, MD puts it: "Eat a whole food, plant-based diet for hotter s*x and a cooler planet." 🌎 💚

The Joy of Community: 🤝
These dinners aren't just about food; they're about connections. Engage in lively conversations, meet new faces, and build lasting relationships. After all, a life filled with joy, love, and community is a life well-lived.

📆 Mark Your Calendars!
Stay tuned for dates, mouth-watering menus, and more details. 🗒
Our FIRST event is this Saturday, January 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm!

Join us in this exciting journey where health, sustainability, and community meet at the dinner table. Let's eat our way to a healthier self and a healthier planet! ⭐️

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Plant-Based Dinner Party Get ready for a mouthwatering Plant-Based Dinner Party on January 27, 2024, where we'll feast on delicious, guilt-free vegan dishes!

One of my 2024 goals is to get out from behind the computer to get moving, meet new people, and spend time with those I know and love. So for all my Jax peeps, come walk with me!

👟Our FIRST Walk With A Doc for the NE Florida Chapter was a small but mighty gathering with plans to grow even more! 🌱 Starting with a 5-10 minute health talk on the Lifestyle Medicine pillar of "Social Connection," we walked over 2 miles, connecting and discussing what constitutes true health. It was so nice to meet a few new friends AND break a sweat! Special thanks to my hubby Bryan Spell for going along with all my shenanigans and working the camera to capture the day.

💬 Interested in social connection? Check out Harvard's ongoing Study of Adult Development - started in the 1930's to see what goes RIGHT in life: adultdevelopmentstudy.org & Dr. Waldinger's TED Talk: https://youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI?si=aGVrqlTG5-IcPu7K. The power of close connections can help you live longer with less disease. Woo-hoo! 🎉

As fellow 🌳NAMsters🌈 Melissa Sundermann, DO, DipABLM, FACLM, and Deborah Chielli, APRN, DipACLM can attest, we also explored the healing benefits of nature! 🌴☀️🌺 Dive into the evidence-based science of 'Forest Bathing'—because nature is not just scenic, it's restorative.

🔗 Find out more about our future walks and join us in promoting health and well-being: walkwithadoc.org/join-a-walk/locations/jacksonville-florida.

PS - I'm not a doc, but NPs, PAs, MDs, and DOs can lead chapters of Walk With A Doc. It's an amazing movement started almost 20 years ago by a Cardiologist in OH, Dr. David Sabgir with chapters around the globe.

Bryan Spell
Melissa Kenneway Sundermann
Deborah Chielli
Headwaters Health
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Caroline Snelwar Fletcher
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Join the free Tackling Type 2 Masterclass with Brenda Davis, RD, and Ocean Robbins from Food Revolution Network Watch the Tackling Type 2 Masterclass to learn the 4 BIG Type 2 diabetes MYTHS and 10 recent BREAKTHROUGHS.

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I'm reading the book "This is Your Brain on Food" by Uma Naidoo, MD - nutritional psychiatrist and faculty at Harvard Medical School who directs the Nutritional & Lifestyle Psychiatry Department at Mass General. If you are interested in GUT health, BRAIN health, and the superhighway that connects the two, check out Dr. Naidoo's work.

Have you ever felt anxious or jittery after eating or drinking? What you consume and how your brain functions are closely connected. If you are consuming the wrong foods, your brain can create a feeling of internal panic and can trigger a sensation that feels like anxiety. ⁠ ⁠ Certain foods, especially the highly processed ones that are high in sugar, increase inflammation in the body and can produce blood sugar spikes. These spikes and drops can affect our mood, exacerbate feelings of anxiety and feel almost like a panic attack in some cases.⁠ ⁠ Click the link in bio or go to our stories for link to the full story!⁠ ⁠ #vegan #veganrecipes #plantbased#plantbasedrecipes #vegetarian #plantfoods #plantpower #plantpowered #thrivevegan #veganblogger #vegansofig #whatveganseat #dairyfree #instafood #veganlife #veganfoodshare #crueltyfree #bestofvegan #foodstagram

Hello friends! This is Susie Spell - NP at Headwaters Health. We just started a NEW cohort for our group visits to take you on a journey of Lifestyle Medicine where you learn more about health, how to prevent, stop, and reverse chronic disease, and develop new skills for a sustainable, joyful, healthy, vibrant life! Call the office if you are interested.

Look at this! A little love from spinach. ❤️
I was just talking to someone about flipping the script when it comes to making dinner. The little voice inside my head can get a little frustrated with the prospect of dinner, so instead I’ve been reframing my thoughts to include things like “These vegetables are beautiful” & having gratitude for all that went into bringing it to me now - the sun, soil, rain, people, etc. How do YOU flip the script on your negative thoughts? ~ Susan Gail Spell

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Dr. Bredesen has shown that Alzheimer’s Disease is not one disease, but is the end product of many different disease processes that are ongoing for decades before the disease is picked up by “Modern Medical Practices”. By optimizing the factors that contribute to brain health before disease occurs, we optimize brain function giving people improved clarity, focus and mental wellbeing.

Read more at https://www.headwatersjax.com/alzheimers-prevention-and-reversal-program

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Eating a healthy, plant-based diet doesn’t mean depriving yourself of sweet treats! Dates are a great whole-food sweetener. Try them in these delicious Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bites. They come together easily in a food processor for a quick and simple sweet snack.

Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bites | NutritionFacts.org   Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bites Recipe by: Kristina, our Director of Nutrition and Social Media Strategy These oatmeal cookie dough bites are a perfect bite sized treat for your sweet tooth. Simple to make and only require minimal ingredients. 4.11 from 19 votes Print Recipe Pin Recipe Course Dessert,...