FORT MYERS, Fla. A Southwest Florida doctor is partnering with the American Heart Association to offer free virtual healthy lifestyle classes. <\/p>\n
The program, Healthy for Good: A Lifestyle Change Challenge, reaches out to people in the community suffering from life-threatening diseases.<\/p>\n
The American Heart Association, along with Dr. Brian Taschner, and the Lee County Support Network are all spearheading the initiative. <\/p>\n
What weve decided to do is work with the AHA to do some of the nutritional counseling one-on-one online, we can do it all virtually they dont have to leave their homes, said Dr. Brian Taschner. <\/p>\n
Courses range from cooking classes, health coaching, and virtual workouts. <\/p>\n
Dr. Taschner has been a Fort Myers cardiologist for nearly 15 years. <\/p>\n
He says every patient is different; strategies are tailored to fit each lifestyle. <\/p>\n
They can get a little bit more individualized attention and we can find out what kind of plan works for them, said Dr. Brian Taschner. <\/p>\n
The program encourages participants to be consistent. Most of these habits have been with people for a long time, and habits arent easy to change, said Dr. Brian Taschner. <\/p>\n
Dr. Taschner says many diseases are preventable through healthy living. <\/p>\n
Prevent things like diabetes, coronary disease, high blood pressure, and strokes, and to a degree also reverse these processes, said Dr. Brian Taschner. <\/p>\n
While this program is targeted to those with heart problems it is open to anyone with serious diseases. <\/p>\n
For those that dont have cardiovascular disease but maybe have a lot of the risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity these are also patients that would stand to benefit, said Dr. Brian Taschner. <\/p>\n
For information on how to register for the lifestyle change challenge contact Dyan Van Wagner with the SWFL American Heart Association at dyan.vanwagner@heart.org<\/a> or (239)495-4913. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more: FORT MYERS, Fla. A Southwest Florida doctor is partnering with the American Heart Association to offer free virtual healthy lifestyle classes Continue reading
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