Michelle Smith, of Good Life Health Coaching and Tara McLellan, of Integrative Healthcare of Lower Alabama, will present a Lunch N Learn workshop plus a five-week coaching series on Food as Medicine: The Healing Power of Nutrition. The workshop will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. August 5, 2021 and the following group coaching sessions meet from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., August 12, 19 and 26 and September 9 and 16, 2021. Participants may attend the workshop in person or via Zoom. Group coaching is on Zoom only.

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), nearly half of all U.S. adults have some type of cardiovascular disease. Although more Americans are becoming physically active, the obesity epidemic is nowhere close to vanishing. According to an update from AHA, the prevalence of obesity is found in 39.6 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of youth. Obesity is associated with a shorter lifespan and a greater proportion of life lived with cardiovascular disease. This update should serve as a wake-up call for all Americans and the food choices they make.

Those dealing with hypertension, uncontrollable weight gain, diabetes or chronic fatigue will learn from host and functional medicine practitioner McLellan and health coach Smith how eating well can turn around these types of chronic conditions in as little as two weeks, and how food impacts our health in a big way.

Smith, certified by the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, is the owner of Good Life Health Coaching and publisher of Natural Awakenings of the Gulf Coast magazine. McLellan, certified by the Institute of Functional Medicine, is the owner of Integrative Healthcare of Lower Alabama, in Daphne. She says, “Change your mindset on food and change your life!”