Lifestyle Medicine: Take Health to Heart
Presented by Eugene Plant Based Providers (EPBP)
Join us for the second session of our Fall 2025 three-month series, sharing evidence-based information for improving our physical and mental health through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine. Each of the Sunday afternoon presentations will include a cooking demonstration with samples for all and time for Q&A. At the end of each session, participants will receive 6-8 recipes to try at home! All sessions will take place in the Kalapuya Community Room and the Camas Teaching Kitchen.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, Oct. 26
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Topic: Take Health to Heart: Lifestyle Medicine and Heart Disease
Presenters: Cardiologist Kristin Linzmeyer, MD, (left) | Tamera Wilhite, chef, (right)
Cost: $20 for Y members | $30 for community members
Summary: Kristin Linzmeyer MD FACC has board certifications in general cardiology and lifestyle medicine. While pursuing a masters in public health degree in 2016, she became more interested in the impact of public health measures and lifestyle choices and habits in preventing and reversing disease. This led to the discovery of Lifestyle Medicine as a subspecialty to enhance and improve her ongoing work in cardiovascular medicine. She currently is working at Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute at Riverbend Hospital developing a preventive cardiology clinic where she can use her skills and knowledge about lifestyle choices to help patients treat and potentially reverse their cardiovascular risk factors. Kristin will discuss lifestyle prescriptions that encourage whole food plant-based nutrition, physical activity, good sleep hygiene, healthy stress management, avoidance of toxic substances, and the importance of social connections. Her goal is to empower people to make healthy choices that support wellness and longevity.
Following Kristin's presentation, there will be a heart-healthy cooking demonstration with samples for all by chef Tamera Wilhite. Tamera is a talented chef who received her training though the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's "Food for Life" award-winning nutrition education and cooking class program. Q&A time included!
