Transform your heart health through nutrition and lifestyle
Currently one in four Australians and one in three New Zealanders die from cardiovascular disease. Are you ready to take charge of your health and experience the proven power of food and lifestyle to protect YOUR heart?
Tackling Heart Disease is an on-demand course designed for anyone living with—or wanting to prevent—cardiovascular disease. Whether you’re dealing with health concerns or simply want to keep your heart strong, this course equips you with the knowledge, tools, and expert guidance to make lasting, positive changes. Developed by expert healthcare practitioners, you’ll gain valuable knowledge and learn practical strategies to support better heart health and longevity.
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What to expect from the Tackling Heart Disease course
A first-of-its-kind, Tackling Heart Disease is created specifically for people living with—or at risk of—cardiovascular disease. With evidence-based, easy-to-follow resources, it provides education on how sustainable dietary and lifestyle changes can help prevent, manage, and even reverse heart disease. It’s the go-to course for healthcare practitioners to explain heart disease and the vital role of nutrition in prevention, management and recovery.
- Benefit from content created by experienced healthcare professionals and medical doctors who are experts in whole food plant-based nutrition.
- Access a mix of comprehensive educational content and actionable strategies, from over a dozen inspiring video lessons, along with many other resources.
- Access tools for behaviour change, including goal-setting, habit-building, mindset shifts, and ongoing tracking to create sustainable lifestyle transformation.
- Flexible on-demand learning – with information to help you improve your heart health, reduce your risk of developing heart disease, or better understand the components of a heart-healthy diet.
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Expert insights from trusted healthcare professionals
Tackling Heart Disease has been developed by a team of healthcare professionals with expertise in whole food plant-based nutrition. Our experts share evidence to demonstrate how a whole-food, plant-based diet can help prevent, manage, or even reverse cardiovascular disease.
Dr Luke Wilson
MBChB, BA, MSc
General Practitioner / Lifestyle Medicine Physician
DFN Board Director
Amy Leahy
Degree-qualified Nutritionist
Master of Public Health
DFN Education Lead
Dr Malcolm Mackay
BMBS, ASMF/RACGP, GradDipHumNut
General Practitioner / Lifestyle Medicine Physician
DFN Advisory Council
Access 15+ on-demand video lessons and other resources
Unlike short-term programs or general nutrition courses, this offering is condition-specific and focuses exclusively on cardiovascular health. It combines in-depth education and practical behaviour change strategies to guide participants toward lasting transformation.
You’ll discover:
- What cardiovascular disease is, and what causes it
- The role of key risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes
- How diet and lifestyle choices contribute to CVD risk
- The power of a whole food plant-based (WFPB) dietary pattern in preventing and reversing heart disease
- How to explore your own motivations for change and set achievable goals
- Practical steps, recipes and tools to help you put the science into action
- And much more!
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Why Tackling Heart Disease is for you
Learn which foods are heart-healthy and understand those that do harm.
Take back control of your heart health with actionable strategies.
Access the tools you need to build lasting behaviour change.
What did previous DFN course participants learn?
Your investment to gain valuable nutrition knowledge
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Given the digital nature and immediate accessibility of our on-demand activities, all associated fees are non-refundable. Please see our refund policy here.
All proceeds support Doctors For Nutrition’s independent charitable work so we can continue to provide education and advocacy, alleviate suffering, and save lives.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course is on-demand, meaning you can start whenever you’re ready. There’s no start date, and you can move through the content at your own pace based on your schedule and goals.
You will receive progress emails starting from the time you first access or purchase the course however, you’re free to start the course whenever it suits you. While you’re welcome to complete the course multiple times, the email journey will only be sent during your first attempt.
This course is ideal for individuals who have been newly diagnosed, are concerned about their family history, or are ready to take control of their heart health. Healthcare professionals can also confidently refer patients to this evidence-based program as a supportive companion to clinical care.
The course offers a range of resources to access from the comfort of your home, in a time that suits you. These include video lessons, text lessons, downloads and demonstrations. If you have questions, you can contact our DFN team for assistance, or ask questions directly within the course.
DFN members will have lifetime access to the course materials for as long as they remain members after purchasing the course. Non-members will have access for 12 months from the date of purchase. Within these timeframes, you can revisit the content as often as you like, whenever it suits you.
Within the course, you’ll find links to various recipe websites that our team have vetted. We clearly indicate those that are whole food plant-based and low in sugar, oil and salt. We also share some favourite recipes from previous course contributors, for you to download and keep.
No special equipment is required. The recipes use common kitchen tools, and ingredients can be found at most grocery stores. We’ll guide you on pantry staples to keep on hand for easy meal prep.
We link to a range of plant-based recipe websites, including options that cater to common allergens like gluten. All recipes shared are entirely free from meat, dairy, and eggs.
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