Celebrate Heart Health Month with an afternoon of engaging discussions and hands-on demos. You’ll leave with a prescriptive playbook of easily digestible tips to help you improve your health and move forward with confidence.

Your prescription for good health!

Center RX
Tuesday, February 24
11:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Free of charge

11:00 am
💪 Group X Instructors: Fit for Real Life

Join us for an engaging fitness discussion featuring a panel of Group X instructors as they share insights on exercise, nutrition, motivation, and healthy lifestyle habits. The panel will feature: Adele Khaski, Dawn Parker, and Rah Aguayo. 

Moderated by David Jolovitz, NASM-CPT

11:45 am
🍓 Laura Shammah MS, RDN: Women’s Heart Health and Heart-Supportive Smoothies

Inflammation as a Core Driver
• Female heart disease is often inflammation-driven
• Gut health and immune activation influence risk
• Women commonly present with microvascular dysfunction

Heart-Supportive Smoothies
• Balanced smoothies support glucose stability and vascular health
• Low-calorie, fat-free smoothies may backfire
• Protein and healthy fats improve cardiovascular resilience

12:30 pm
🌾 Sarah Halawani: Benefits of Milling Your Own Fresh Flour

• Learn how to mill your own flour and understand the equipment needed
• Discover which grains to use, including ancient and whole grains, and where to source them
• Benefits included: Retaining maximum nutrients, protein, and healthy oils lost in commercial flour
• Supports gut and heart health
• Helps stabilize blood sugar levels and supports diabetes management
• Promotes sustained energy, fullness, and overall wellness

1:15 pm
🌱 Dr. Eli Hershkop: Healthy Aging

Dr. Eliyakim Hershkop is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician. He currently works as a Hospitalist at Mount Sinai Brooklyn. He attended medical school at the Technion American Medical School in Haifa, Israel and did an internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

🩺 Health screenings with professionals throughout the day

• Glucose
• Cholesterol
• Sleep Apnea