A Healthy Heart

Tue Jun 16 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-07:00

Santa Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church | Santa Cruz

Eat for the Earth
Publisher/HostEat for the Earth
A Healthy Heart
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Join Eat for the Earth for a delicious plant-based potluck and an educational presentation about cardiovascular health.
About this Event

An Open-Minded Discussion

Retired lifestyle medicine doctor Steven Leib, MD, returns to our Plant-Powered Life series to review the latest evidence-based nutritional approaches for lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases. This will be a science-based, open-minded discussion intended to invite further exploration and learning.



Let's Eat Together!

We will start our time together with a whole food, plant-based potluck. Please bring a dish to share that is made exclusively from whole plant ingredients and is free of added oil. Please avoid bringing dishes containing meat, dairy, fish, eggs, or other animal-derived ingredients.

Here are some recipe sites for inspiration:

  • Forks Over Knives Recipe Collection
  • Monkey and Me Recipes
  • Center for Nutrition Studies Recipes

If you are new to this way of eating, feel free to bring something simple like a fresh fruit platter or green salad.



Join Eat for the Earth for a delicious, healthy meal and learn how you can craft a healthy, happy life!


About the Presenter

Dr. Steven Leib is board certified in Family and Lifestyle Medicine. A 1978 graduate of UCSF School of Medicine, Dr. Leib served a residency in family medicine at UCLA from 1978–1981. He supported hundreds of patients to improve their lives through lifestyle changes as a physician in private practice in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley for forty years.

Dr. Leib currently facilitates the Lifestyle Medicine Book Club that meets monthly at the Felton Library. He also leads a Walk with a Doc experiential Henry Cowell State Park program incorporating many of the pillars of lifestyle medicine in the healing environment of nature. To sign up for this free program, go to and look under the “Redwood Rx” list of activities. Offered every third Saturday at 12:00pm through the month of October.



What to Bring

in addition to your plant-based dish to share, please bring your recipe or a list of ingredients. And please invite your friends!



To Find Us

Drive towards the back of the parking lot. About halfway down you will see a smaller parking lot towards the left. We are in Sundean Hall, between the side parking lot and the street.




Donations are Appreciated.
All donations go to support the nonprofit Eat for the Earth.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Santa Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1024 Cayuga Street, Santa Cruz, United States

Tickets

USD 2.00 to USD 100.00

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