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Dr. Jim Loomis stopped by KSDK's Show Me St. Louis to kick off heart health month! With his recently published paper, Plant-Based Diets for Cardiovascular Safety and Performance in Endurance Sports, (https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1/130/htm?fbclid=IwAR0TEDR6vSYXbtvgf3UFK3DoyTuYJvqo7ycWpNHwn91kgYTFJipk7b4DSQU) and his upcoming debut in The Game Changers Movie, he has valuable information to share with viewers!

Creamy avocado, big filling bites of smoky vegetables, topped with a slight bite of delicious quick pickled red onions. That's enough to confuse and delight your taste buds in this new year! No heaviness to weight you down, just nutrient dense, real food to fill you up, and and keep that metabolism and immune system running on all cylinders.

People will eye these from across the room, slyly make their way, pick one up, pop in their mouth and become wide-eyed with delight. Best party appetizer winner: you.

A decade ago, Caryn Dugan was a self-professed Lean Cuisine queen who couldn’t prepare a meal without microwave instructions. After losing her father to cancer and battling her own diagnosis, she purged her kitchen and leapt into the world of plant-based cooking. Today she’s STL Veg Girl, hosting cooking classes, seminars and, most recently, a national nutrition summit with the mission of promoting health through food. Here’s how Dugan aims to get a plant on every St. Louisan’s plate.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t have the power to change your health, proclaims Caryn Dugan. She ought to know; her personal brush with cancer prompted her to mega-boost her lifelong pursuit of healthiest eating. Known as “STL Veg Girl,” Caryn built a business around “meals that heal,” all through plant-based diets.