February is Heart Health Month and a local nutrition expert is offering up some programs to help us eat healthily.

Caitlin Mellendorf is a nutrition expert at the University of Illinois Extension office and says February they are offering courses that will give folks healthy recipes to eat healthily and support positive heart health.

Heart health will include how to have good fatty foods in our diet, getting enough fiber in our diets and avoiding sodium. According to Mellendorf, added sugars in meals can often be found in foods that are not good for us and so she wants to encourage reducing added sugars through these classes. 

Classes started last week but more offered in Clinton and Piatt County starting this week. Mellendorf says folks have plenty of opportunities to be a part of these.

You can visit go.illinois.edu/dmp for registration information or contact the DeWitt County Extension office at 217-935-5764 or the Piatt County office at 217-762-2191.