LEAP Meetings are being held at Natural Grocers each month exploring the essentials of the LEAP Program which translates the latest scientific evidence into everyday strategies for reducing your Alzheimer’s risk. Follow us on Facebook to learn about the next meeting!
Developed by experts at the KU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), this program covers six key lifestyle factors that are associated with reduced risk of AD. Even small changes can make a difference, so get started with your brain-healthy lifestyle today!
Nutrition was addressed at this meeting. Below you will find the recipes which were made and shared that day.
Tomato Mozzarella Salad
From allrecipes.com
Loaded Chicken-Quinoa Salad
From EatingWell.com
Berry Fruit Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
from CookingClassy.com
Nourish your brain with a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in whole foods like veggies, fruits, and extra-virgin olive oil.
Fiona Harper
Fiona has served the Wichita and surrounding communities for over 28 years as a registered nurse in geriatric behavioral health, emergency medicine behavioral health, behavioral home health and addiction treatment.
She has been the director of two geriatric behavioral health units. Having observed the importance of doing “with”, not “to” those living with dementia, she became certified in the Positive Approach to Care® program as a certified independent trainer and consultant. She is one of only two nurses in the United States certified as an Apollo Health ReCode® 2.0 practitioner.
Fiona’s favorite quote is “Changing minds…one brain at a time”