What we’re about
Change Your Diet, Change Your Life: What your daughter already knows…KickStart your life in NoVA. Almost everyone I know has a young woman in their home (daughter or granddaughter) who has “gone vegan”. This is usually a result of a love for animals, knowledge of the environmental impact of eating meat, or an understanding of the health benefits of whole plant food. All of these are compelling reasons to engage in a 21 Day program to truly see firsthand the personal health benefits that are derived from this sustainable lifestyle. In 2015, I led a 10 day, 50 person, whole food, plant based nutritional program called a PlantPure JumpStart, that resulted in life-changing results and the result was the GreenFare Organic Cafe, an educational restaurant whose purpose is not only to feed a delicious organic, whole plant meal (free of added salt, oil, and sugar), but to change a life. We show how lifestyle changes can lead to lower cholesterol (average reductions of 20% in Kickstarts), reduction or elimination of medications, increased energy and weight loss. You also will get an opportunity to attend dinner and a movie, authors with book signings, and the monthly 21 Day Kickstart.
Our goal is to create a community focused on health and wellness and to inspire people on their own journey. While their is a cost for the 21 Day Kickstart program with 4 classes and 42 meals, the majority of classes are free. We'd love to see you!
Upcoming events
2
What We Know About Optimizing Sleep! Live with Pericles Silva
GreenFare Organic Cafe, 408 Elden Street, Herndon, VA, USPericles Silva will examine the latest science on sleep hygiene and how to optimize this essential third of our lives. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!
Pericles Silva reviews the latest science to optimize sleep (how much you need,sleep hygiene, to optimize health, and slow the aging process. His wide knowledge of nutrition, sleep, fasting, and exercise pull a wide variety of knowledge and expertise to look and feel your best!
Arrive by 1pm for lunch (or stay for an early dinner), lecture at 2pm with those on the journey to health.
Pericles Silva is the Operations Manager and Chef at GreenFare Organic Cafe and has a masters in Sports Nutrition. Pericles is certified in Plant Based Nutrition from eCornell and a Food For Life Instructor from PCRM and started and ran the Health Starts Here program at Whole Foods Market. He was also a professional volleyball player.
2 attendees
Author Liz George, MD talk and book signing: Healthy Eating Adventure
GreenFare Organic Cafe, 408 Elden Street, Herndon, VA, USIs there a “best” way to eat to maximize health and wellbeing? Can the growing epidemic of chronic illnesses starting at younger and younger ages – hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, mood disorders, autoimmune disorders – be reversed? Yes! This book, Healthy Eating Adventure invites doctors, chefs, communities and individuals on a journey to a whole foods plant-based lifestyle.
Join us at 5pm for dinner and stay for the free lecture at 6pm! Free tickets here!
Dr Liz and Chef Nick untwist the background of medicine, culinary practices and food manufacturing that have created this climate of declining wellbeing, and they present a solution in Healthy Eating Adventures. Since 2010, this community-based program has helped many persons choose lives of health and vigor through plant-based eating. This book shares their astounding testimonies of reversed diseases, elated mood, and newfound athletic strength.
Dr. Liz outlines the research and science behind these remarkable results in understandable terms. She explores the key connections between what we eat, our “magical microbiome” and our health. Once you know how our eating habits were led astray, and understand the science behind whole foods plant- based eating, you are ready to take on this health giving lifestyle.Elizabeth George, MD bio: Family Physician Dr. Elizabeth George spearheaded the development of Healthy Eating Adventures in 2010 as part of MACWell. She leads program planning and creates the research based kick-off presentation. She reviews participant blood test results in order to monitor the benefits of the healthy eating program and adds to our outcomes database. Her “Ask the Doc” potluck evening answers medical questions from participants as they take hold of their own health. “I thrive on attending the HEA evenings and hearing about the amazing health results people are experiencing!”
3 attendees
Past events
319
Group links
Organizers
Members
1,659
