What we’re about
Organized in 2018 by cardiologist, Dr Steven Lome, our focus is on the power of plant-based nutrition to help people live their best, healthiest lives, fighting the current epidemic of chronic disease. This group aims to afford people with a wide range of activities to learn and to support one another on their plant-based journey. Our activities include local group meetings, community education events, plant-based cooking classes, screening documentaries, host guest speakers, organize "jump starts", etc.
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Welcome!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- ADNA May – From Chickpeas to Cauliflower with Vicki Brett-GachNeeds location
### Vicki will be demonstrating two delicious recipes, hummus and spicy roasted cauliflower. We will also be discussing some seasonal ingredients and recipes. There will be an opportunity for a Q&A with our speaker at the end of the event.
Topic: A THRIVER’S story you won’t want to miss! Marguerite Ruminski, owner of **Healthy Sins – The Vegan Cafe in Lockport, IL **shares her journey from a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis to her life thriving on whole plant foods.
We are all on an adventure, one designed with healthy longevity in mind. Like most adventures, they’re more enjoyable when shared. And we want to share this one with you!
These meetings are all FREE of charge…so sign up for your FREE tickets!
Please mark your calendars for the THIRD TUESDAY of each month, 7:00pm CST! Each month we have a different topic.#### Use this link to REGISTER for the event and immediately get the Zoom link to save in your calendar: https://bit.ly/pbnm-adna
#### Check our Meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/Chicagoland-Plant-Based-Nutrition-Movement/events/) or our website Events Calendar (https://pbnm.org/online-events/) for topics of upcoming meetings!
Each month we’ll be meeting to share experiences, healthy recipes, conversations, cooking demos, and, let’s not forget, FUN! Our objective is optimal health and the ways we each can make all the difference in achieving that goal ourselves.
- ADNA June – Strengthen and Nourish-For Life! Angela Fischetti & Vicki Brett-GachNeeds location
### It’s never too late to build strength, transform your health, and feel your very best. Now is the time!!
Join Angela Fischetti (Senior Fitness consultant, virtual certified personal trainer and yoga instructor, and Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in wellness for older adults), and Vicki Brett-Gach (Plant-Based Culinary Instructor, Certified Personal Chef, and Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach) for a special one-hour presentation: STRENGTHEN AND NOURISH FOR LIFE.
Angela explains the benefits of strength training and exactly what we need to know about compound movements, plus provides actual instruction and guidance to help us get started, and do so safely!
And what should you eat after your workout? Vicki will show you how to prepare a delicious, nutritious, EASY post-workout meal that checks all the boxes, and is fitness expert approved!These meetings are all FREE of charge…so sign up for your FREE tickets!
Please mark your calendars for the THIRD TUESDAY (typically) of each month, 7:00pm CST! Each month we have a different topic.
Use this link to REGISTER for the event and immediately get the Zoom link to save in your calendar: https://bit.ly/pbnm-adna
We invite you to watch this quick, 1 minute video. It rather embodies the “pick your adventure” notion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_xSDkvoyNk
ABOUT Vicki Brett-Gach
Vicki Brett-Gach is a Certified Personal Chef, Master-Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Culinary Instructor, and the author of “The Plant-Based for Life Cookbook: Deliciously Simple Recipes to Nourish, Comfort, Energize and Renew.”
Vicki is Forks Over Knives Plant-Based Certified, and earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. She is trained in Dietary Therapy for Reversing Common Diseases, and holds certificates in Wellness Counseling (through Cornell University), and in Culinary Coaching (through Harvard Medical School and The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine).
As a coach, Vicki works remotely with individual clients across the country, often helping them reverse health challenges and chronic conditions, and teaches whole food plant-based cooking classes to groups of all sizes, with a focus on helping people learn how to make eating healthy EASY.Vicki is the creator of the Ann Arbor Vegan Kitchen blog, and her recipes have been featured in multiple magazines and cookbooks, including Health Science Magazine, VegWorld Magazine, and Global Vegan. Stay connected with Vicki at AnnArborVeganKitchen.com, for new recipes as soon as they are published, and for additional details about “The Plant-Based for Life Cookbook” – published through Brooklyn Writer’s Press.
Angela Fischetti is a virtual physical fitness and yoga instructor and massage therapist specializing in wellness for older adults. She began teaching seniors in her 30s at a time when she embarked on her own tough healing journey. Three decades later, a senior herself, Angela
combines years of experience and research with a unique combination of empathy and encouragement for older adults seeking a healthier lifestyle. Angela also researches latest finds in senior fitness and consults with each client’s medical practitioners for tailored workouts.As a massage therapist, Angela also works with geriatric patients with memory and other delicate disorders who benefit from gentle touch and movement in palliative care. Clients enjoy working with Angela for many reasons, including her attention to detail, but also, her sense of humor.
Based in Miami Beach, Angela has served South Florida clients for over 20 years. Brooklyn-born with a background in Shakespearean theater and a life-long passion for song, Angela is also a devoted companion to felines.
