Southern Health Empowering Restaurant Organization (HERO)

 
 
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Southern HERO Mission

To support positive change in our local food options that will help redirect our chronic disease epidemic.

Background

  • Chronic Diseases (like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and conditions related to excess weight) are the leading causes of death and disability and primary drivers of our $3.8 trillion/year health care costs. (cdc)

  • Traditional Southern food increases likelihood of sudden cardiac death by 46% (Shikany, J AHA. 2021)

  • Plant-based nutrition can reduce our risk of heart disease by 30% compared to non-vegetarian diets. (Jabri, Am J Prev Card. 2021).

Our Role:

We believe healthy nutrition is achievable, empowering, and fun. We help support local restaurants to include evidence-based health promoting options, and promote these businesses as leaders and visionaries.

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Our Ask To Restaurants:

Our primary focus is heart disease (the #1 killer in the USA). We ask restaurants to include a heart healthy vegan meal which is unprocessed and entirely whole plants (specifically legumes, whole grains, and vegetables), low in salt and oil but rich in your unique flavor.