Porter Regional Hospital will offer free Healthy Heart Diet classes to the public on three Thursdays in November. These no-cost classes will provide attendees with an understanding on how to read food labels and choose heart-healthy food, along with teaching basic heart healthy food preparation tips.

The free Healthy Heart Diet classes will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, November 3 and Tuesday, November 17 and from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 12. Classes will be held in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Room on the second floor of Porter Regional Hospital, located at 85 East US Highway 6 in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Porter’s Healthy Heart Diet classes are offered free and pre-registration is required. To register, call Porter Regional Hospital at 219-983-8874.

Porter Health Care System has two hospital campuses and seven outpatient facilities serving Porter, Lake, LaPorte, Starke, Newton, Marshall and Jasper counties. With more than 350 physicians representing 50 medical specialties, Porter Health Care System is committed to medical excellence and personalized, patient-centered care. Porter Regional Hospital is directly or indirectly owned by a partnership that proudly includes physician owners, including certain members of the hospital’s medical staff.  Porter is continually growing to better serve northeast Indiana.