Open Your Heart to others!
Help get the word out! Please cut & post the meeting announcement on this page for others to see at your doctor's office, library, supermarket, etc.
OSGGR
c/o Abby Stern
4 Sand Brook Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
OSGGR will be meeting in the Auditorium
at the Monroe Community Hospital
on East Henrietta Road on October 13.
The next Tony Grana Night. . .
• • • will be on Wednesday, October 15th
4:30 - 6:30 P.M.
Bring a friend. Taste special dishes from Ornish Cookbooks. Try Ornish Desserts & Appetizers.
Sit with and meet other Ornish members.
Call for reservations at 467-4360
Located in the Rubino Plaza
1292 E. Ridge Rd., Irondequoit
OSGGR is a nonprofit organization based on Dr. Dean Ornish's book Reversing Heart Disease by diet, exercise, stress reduction and psychosocial methods. Please join us at the OSSGR meetings.
Jeffrey Levenkron, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (psychology) and
Medicine, UR Medical School Director of Stress Clinic
Topic: Dealing With Emotions!
October 13, 1997
7:30 p.m.
at
Monroe Community Hospital. (Directions - From 390 go North on East Henrietta Road. Left to MCH. Right to Parking Lot #1. Enter through the "Hope Entrance Center for Lifetime Wellness." Walk straight to end of corridor. Right at end of corridor. Auditorium is on the right.
Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at Monroe Community Hospital.
Members - Free Guests -$3.00 For additional information, call Ed Ehlers at 336-9847,
or visit our web page at http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2435/
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HELP US GROW---
If you feel as we do that promoting our organization will help others as well as ourselves, we have an easy way for you to help.
We design Page One so that it can be cut off and posted at a library, health club, doctor's office, supermarket, rehab center, etc. The newsletters are designed so that cutting along the dashed line will not cut into any of the articles for those who save the newsletter.
The ideal way to help us would be to make additional copies and post about 4-6 fliers in your area.
We would love to have a volunteer to help coordinate the advertising effort by knowing which members plan on posting at which location. Imagine the impact if our fliers are at every Wegman's, Top's, library, etc. in the area. So if you would like to help the organization BIG TIME, call Ed Ehlers at 336-9847.
The fliers normally arrive on the Monday or Tuesday before the Monday meetings, so if you plan on posting try to get them up by Tuesday or Wednesday.
RENEW YOUR
MEMBERSHIP
...Your membership dues extend for one year from the month you joined. When it is time to renew your membership,your newsletter will have a "It's Time to Renew Your Dues" stamp as a reminder. Please consider the value of our informative meetings and newsletters. Then, just mail your check and the Membership Application below to Abby Stern. Feel free to include any success you have had during this past year, or make any suggestions or ask any questions you may have.
Membership Application
Membership in the Ornish Support Group is open to anyone who has an interest in improved health through diet, exercise, stress reduction and group interaction.
Membership in this nonprofit group entitles you to a monthly newsletter and invitations to monthly meetings and group events.
The Rochester Ornish Support Group was initially formed by heart patients who had read Dr. Dean Ornish's book "Reversing Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery."
We believe heart patients including people who want to lose weight and reduce their risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer,
etc. can benefit from our healthy programs and approaches to becoming responsible for their own health.
The following survey is optional:
(the intent is to understand our membership and document the beneficial benefits of the Ornish Program.)
Name(s)_________________________________
Address__________________________________
City ___________________ State ____ Zip _____
Telephone number ________________________
` Individual Membership $15/year
` Joint Membership (one address) $20/year
` Renewal
Please return your completed application and check to: The Ornish Support Group
c/o Abby Stern
4 Sand Brook Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
Do You Have Heart Disease? ` Yes ` No
If yes, your name:_________________________________
When was Heart Disease detected? ___________________
Type of Heart Disease? ____________________________
Operations & dates? _______________________________
Please provide information on the following if you are already
on the Ornish diet:
% of days that you completely follow diet _____%
Exercise: Hours/week ___________
Stress Reduction: Avg. Minutes daily _____
Avg Days/weekly_______
Group interaction: Avg. Hours/wk ________
Have you found the Ornish Program beneficial: ` Yes ` No
Please explain: ____________________________________
________________________________________________
If you are not already on the Ornish Program, what do you hope
to accomplish? ______________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
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Ed Ehlers' Corner
When we first organized the support group we set our goals to have 200 members by January 1, 1998 and 1,000 members by January 1, 2001. These goals, while ambitious, help set the tone for where we want to be and what we want to achieve. To help accomplish our goals, see the article on HELP US GROW on Page 2. One slight backward step is some members did not renew their membership and we went from a high of slightly over 200 to a current membership of 188 and gaining. It is hard to believe that some people would not renew their membership, so I put together a list of...
...Ten Reasons
To Renew Your Membership
(even if you don't go to meetings or read the newsletter)
1. We're nice people and can use the money.
2. Per Dean, loneliness is a major contributor to
heart disease and opening your heart to oth- ers is a major part of what we are about.
3. We're insecure and feel badly if someone does not rejoin.
4. More vegetarians means less rain forests de- stroyed to raise cattle.
5. You will feel better about yourself.
6. $ per $ our nonprofit group may be the best charitable bargain to help others live longer and healthier lives.
7. We will stop pestering you.
8. The larger our membership the more influence we can exert toward achieving our goals and
yours.
9. If we get healthier, tastier meals at restaurants you benefit.
10. 10% goes to Ornish - helping him helps all of
us.
The larger our membership, the more influence we can exert toward achieving our goals and yours.
Our Next Meeting...
...is on Monday, October 13th. You won't want to miss Jeffrey C. Levenkron, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry (in Psychology) and Medicine, and Director of General Psychiatry Services at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He directs the Stress Clinic and is a consultant to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at Strong. In this capacity Dr. Levenkron has worked with the psychological stress problems of many patients with heart disease. He will speak to us about the recognition of feelings of stress and ways of handling feelings. He is well versed in the Ornish approach to prevention and reversal of heart disease. Dr. Levenkron is an accomplished researcher and teacher whose talk will illustrate scientific findings of relevance to our lives.
CALENDAR
October 13 Jeffrey Levenkron, PhD
Associate Professor of
Psychiatry (psychology) and Medicine,
UR Medical School
Director of Stress Clinic
"Dealing With Emotions"
October 15 Tony Grana
Get Together Dinner
November 10 ...................Dr. Ted and Carol Barnett,
Medicine & Vegetarianism
November 12 Tony Grana
Get Together Dinner
November 16 Vegetarian Picnic
Share an Ornish-Vegan Dish
Brighton Town Park Lodge
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Heart Healthy Thanksgiving Feast!
The Rochester Area Vegetarian Society (RAVS) extends a special invitation to the members of the Ornish Support Group to attend the November meeting of RAVS on Sunday, November 16, which will be a "Heart Healthy Thanksgiving Feast."
RAVS regularly meets on the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually at the Brighton Town Lodge, for a share-a-dish vegan dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by a program at 7:30 p.m. There is a $3.00 guest fee for nonmembers, unless you join at that meeting. For the November meeting, RAVS is requesting that all attendees bring a dish that is heart healthy by Ornish standards, i.e., no added fat or oil, no plant foods that are naturally high in fat such as nuts, seeds, avocado or olive. In addition, the dish must meet the usual RAVS vegan standards, i.e., no animal products, no eggs, dairy products, or honey. This means that some ingredients allowed by the Ornish program, such as egg whites and nonfat yogurt, may not be used. Also watch out for hidden animal products, such as gelatin; whey in breads, cookies and crackers; and casein in soy cheeses and whipped toppings.
RAVS is more than happy to help you to come with a dish that meets Ornish standards and is also vegan. There are a number of easy recipes in Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease which are completely vegan, such as White Bean Salad, French Lentil Salad, Baby Lima Bean Salad, Black Bean Salad, Spanish Bulgur, and Golden Rice Pilaf-but omit the Butter Buds. For further help or any questions, call Allyson Prace (342-5912), OSGGR's Nutrition Advisor and also a Board member of RAVS; Gita Chandra (385-2372), cookbook author and member of both groups; or the RAVS voice mailbox (234-8750).
The program following dinner will feature Allyson Prace and Ed Ehlers, founder of the Ornish Support Group, who will both speak about the Ornish retreat.
Please come and share an early Thanksgiving with RAVS. Also note that guests are always welcome at any RAVS meeting.
Additional details will follow in the November newsletter.
Heart Healthy Thanksgiving Feast
at the Brighton
Town Lodge located on Westfall Rd.
OSGGR Steering Committee:
Ed Ehlers,
President
Robert F. Klein, M.D.,
Medical Advisor
Abby Stern,
Treasurer
David Stern, M.D.,
Website
Allyson Prace, RN/RD,
Nutrition Advisor
Melissa Cadregari,
Exercise Specialist
Dolly Dickson,
Advisor
Richard Ludgate,
Advocate
Mark B. Sandler,
Yoga Instructor
Carrie Gaynor, RN/BSN
Ass't Yoga Teacher
Sylvia Schwartzman,
Group Therapist/RN/MS
Barb Kozel,
Membership
Lucretia Davie,
Publicity
Dale Petschke,
Librarian
Gita Chandra,
Cooking Instructor
Florence Kaplow,
Newsletter
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NEW FEATURES!!
Lori's Natural Food Center
The "Store Walk & Talk"
Ornish Reversal Diet Class Debuts at Lori's Natural Foods Center
Individuals new to the Ornish Reversal Diet can come experience a one-on-one, lively, fast-paced, informative 1-hour guided "walk & talk" through Lori's, guided by OSGGR's Nutrition Advisor, Allyson Prace, RD,RN. "STORE WALKS" will help to introduce the individual to "Ornish-friendly" products and ingredients. Participants receive a printed packet that includes shopping information, food storage tips, cooking charts and recipes.
Location: Lori's Natural Foods Center
Genesee Valley Regional Market
900 Jefferson Rd.
(across from Kinko's Copy Center)
Cost: $25.00 per person
for a 1-hour session (minimum)
(Blue Choice Reimbursement Pending)
"Store Walks" can be longer depending on individual needs.
Contact: Call Lori's Natural Foods Center
at 424-2323 to schedule
This two-part session is ideal for those interested in transitioning to the Ornish Diet or for those needing a refresher.
Part 1: Saturday, October 11 3-5:30pm
•overview of the Reversal Diet guidelines
•supplement recommendations
•how to use the Reversal Diet Food pyramid
•food label interpretation
Part 2: Saturday, October 25 3-5:30pm
•living day-to-day: survival skills
•meal planning
•store tour
All participants will receive
an information packet containing recipes.
Instructor: Allyson Prace,
Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Advisor for the Ornish Support Group of Greater Rochester
Fee: $50.00 per person (includes both classes)
Location:
Lori's Natural Foods Center Education Room
Genesee Valley Regional Market, 900 Jefferson Road
To Register: Contact Lori's at 424-2323
Class size limited.
S p i c y F a t-F r e e C o o k i n g S e c r e t s
Pittsford Middle School Room 411
Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm
Session 1 Session 11 Session 111
10/28 (1 day) 11/25 (1 day) 12/9 (1 day)
Fee $10 Fee $10 Fee $10
Materials $6 Materials $6 Materials $6
For info, Gita Chandra, Instructor - 385-2372
Pick up registration forms at next OSGGR meeting or Pittsford Parks Dept., 35 Lincoln Ave., Pittsford
AND...
For residents of Webster & surrounding towns:
Fat-Free Cooking class
will be held on 10/17/97 from 7-9pm
For info & registration,
contact Chris Weingartner at 872-7100
Webster Parks & Recreation Department
GET HOOKED ON HERBS & SPICES,
NOT ON FAT -
COOKING IN THE 90's AND BEYOND.
Cookbook author, specialized cooking instructor, and Dr. Dean Ornish Support Group Steering Committee member, Gita Chandra prepares tantalizing dishes, without any added fat.
Learn quick, easy, fuss-free, superbly spiced dishes from around the world where herbs and spices replace fat the natural way. Cookbook endorsed by the President of the American Heart Association, NY State Affiliate. Perfect for those who wish to prevent/reverse heart disease, keep cholesterol low, lose weight permanently, fit nutritious eating into a hectic life, and become pro-active in keeping their medical costs low! "Spicy Fat-free Cooking Secrets" cookbook is available at book stores and can be purchased during cooking demo. Participants will have an opportunity to sample dishes. Please bring containers for take home.
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Heart Beats: Indications are that the American diet has improved only little in the last 25 years. On the positive side: we are eating more fruits and vegetables, but nowhere near the five to nine daily servings recommended. We've increased our grains and beans; eating more pasta and breads, although our current intake of about 190 pounds per person per year is only about two-thirds of what our grandparents ate in 1910. Fewer eggs--down from the peak of 403 per person in 1945--is now about 237 per person. And, we drink more 1% and skim milk. But, we continue to eat too much meat, cheese, sugar and added fat. Added to the increasingly stressful lives we lead, the average American diet is still a major factor in coronary artery disease.
FABULOUS FIBER
by Allyson Prace, RD, RN
OSGGR Nutrition Advisor
(Part 1 of 3)
"Did you get your fiber today?"
Sounds like a dated Geritol commercial. Most people acknowledge that fiber is important, but rarely can name sources other than good ol' fruits and veggies. The following primer of "fiber factoids" will hopefully demystify this nutritional necessity.
Nature's "Bottlebrush"
Simply stated, fiber is the structural part of plants which is indigestible. Two types of fiber exist in fiber-containing foods: soluble (dissolves in water) and insoluble (does not dissolve in water). Both types work differently and contribute to health in various areas of the body.
* Blood cholesterol:
Soluble fiber may lower some individual's cholesterol. Soybeans and some soy foods can contribute nicely to total fiber intake (1/2 cup of soybeans pack in 8 grams of fiber). Traditional soy foods such as tempeh, textured vegetable protein and soy flour are fiber-rich. Here's a plus...the protein in soybeans has been shown to decrease LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels by 10-15% in individuals with elevated blood cholesterol levels. A 10% dip in cholesterol reduces the chance of suffering a heart attack by 20-30%.
* Lower intestine:
Insoluble fiber found in whole grains, wheat bran and many veggies keep solid waste moving along; thereby decreasing constipation and related ailments such as diverticular disease, irritable bowel syndrome and hemorrhoids. Of keen importance is the decreased risk of cancers of the colon and rectum (fiber helps to move out carcinogens taken in our food and decreases contact over time with the intestinal lining.)
* Blood sugar:
Soluble fiber found in oats, barley, apples, oranges, carrots, green peas, and dried beans helps to regulate blood sugar in people with diabetes.
*Waist line: High fiber foods are naturally low in calories. Eating a low fat, high fiber diet is a healthful way to lose extra weight and still feel satisfied after a meal!
Ornish Friendly Restaurants
(Be sure to let your server know
the requirements of the Ornish Diet)
Mamacita's
Black Bean Sweet Potato Burritto - hold the cheese
Tony Grana's
Vegetable Rice Risotto - option side Marinara sauce
Beans and Greens over pasta
Mamasan's
Vegetable Soup
Little Theatre
Vegetarian Chile
Ciao
Zero Fat cheese on pizza is available
The King and I
Vegetable Clay Pot
OSGGR will meet
in the auditorium at
Monroe Community Hospital
on the 2nd Monday of the month.
Check Out
The Center for
Lifetime Wellness at MCH!!!
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