Porter Regional Hospital will be offering free Healthy Heart Diet classes.

Better understand and read food labels, choose heart-healthy food and learn basic food preparation tips by attending one of Porter Regional Hospital’s Healthy Heart Diet classes in May.

The free classes will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, May 3 and 17 in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Room on the second floor of Porter Regional Hospital, 85 East US Highway 6 in Valparaiso. The next evening class will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12 in the same location.

Pre-registration is required for Porter’s Healthy Heart Diet classes. To register, call 219-983-8874.

Porter Health Care System has two hospital campuses and seven outpatient facilities serving Porter, Lake, LaPorte, Starke 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 is directly or indirectly owned by a partnership that proudly includes physician owners, including certain members of the hospital’s medical staff.