Ashwani Garg, MD and Stefanie Ignoffo will talk about the benefits of plant-based nutrition in improving health and wellness.
Ashwani Garg, MD will speak on the science of plant-based nutrition, and how meals can not only be nutritionally adequate but superior in promoting health. He will also give practical advice on how to balance healthy meals. He will give an overview of the health conditions that can be helped through lifestyle including plant-based diets. We will finish with question and answers for the audience from the experts.
Dr. Ashwani Garg is a board-certified family medicine doctor in Lincolnwood, Illinois and is affiliated with NorthShore University Health System. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and has been in practice since 2003. Ashwani Garg, MD focuses on family medicine for all ages, as well as integrative medicine and lifestyle medicine. He has a certificate in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Institute. He treats a variety of illness with counseling on fitness, mindfulness, and plant-based nutrition, herbal therapies combined with pharmaceutical and usual medical care when appropriate.
Stefanie Ignoffo will tell the story of the transformation of her own health and her family's through the "crazy" idea her daughter had about becoming vegan which led to a big search for the science. In trying to "debunk" her daughter, she discovered that all evidence pointed to the fact that it was a good idea and very helpful. She and her family lost a collective weight of 250 lbs and transformed their lives. She will share her science-based information on how plant-based diets can heal. She will end her talk with a cooking demo showing how easy it can be to prepare plant-based meals that the whole family would enjoy.
Stefanie Ignoffo is the founder of Plantspiration® NFP Inc. and a "plant interventionist". She is a licensed Food For Life Instructor with The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine. She advocates and promotes a healthy plant-based lifestyle by educating, motivating, and inspiring people to prevent and reverse health issues through a healthy vegan diet and by inspiring them to fitness.
