Upcoming Events
Food for Life: The Power of Your Plate
This class will cover the basics for starting a healthy low-fat diet optimal for weight management. Attendees will be empowered with the practical skills needed to begin a journey to better health with tips on healthy food substitutions and meal planning.
Featured recipes include: Green Monster Smoothie, Braised Kale, Quick Black Bean Chili
Food for Life: Breaking the Food Seduction
It is not unusual to say “I am hooked on cheese!” or “My weakness is doughnuts!”. This class will explain why these foods, and not broccoli, seem addictive and what we can do to overcome those addictions. The ability of the body to adapt to healthy dietary shifts is remarkably efficient. Many gifts to personal health are quickly realized.
Featured recipes include: Fruited Breakfast Quinoa, Ginger Noodles, Red Curry Chickpea and Sweet Potato Soup
Food for Life: Foods for Fitness & Strong Bones - Virtual Class
Vegan athletes are leading in endurance sports and even weightlifting, but anyone who is active can benefit from a plant-based diet. Low-fat whole food plant-based nutrition comprising of whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables, provides the ideal fuel for any physical activity. These foods allow for a speedy recovery, unlike high-fat and animal-based diets. As we age, it is also important to understand the role of healthy foods to maintain muscle mass and support strong bones.
The class includes an informative video, discussion, and cooking demonstrations along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.
Food for Life: Food and Mood - Virtual Class
This class will focus on foods that help boost mood while alleviating moodiness and anxiety. Studies show improvements in mood, alertness, and focus when following a plant-based diet. Anti-inflammatory foods, including fruits and vegetables, combined with a high fiber diet boosts metabolism, and fosters healthy gut bacteria. We will discuss how these changes lead to remarkably favorable effects in the brain.
This class features an informative video, group discussion, and cooking demonstrations, along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.
Food for Life: Gut Health - Virtual Class
This class will help participants set goals for optimal fiber intake to assist with weight management while minimizing chronic digestive problems and colorectal cancer risk. Fiber helps us feel fuller on fewer calories and rids our system of excess toxins and hormones. There is plenty of fiber in vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains. Animal products, however, don’t have any fiber at all. The average American is fiber deficient.
This class features an informative video, class discussion on boosting fiber intake, and cooking demonstrations, along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.
Food for Life: Foods for a Healthy Heart - Virtual Class
This class will arm participants with the knowledge and practical skills to bolster heart health through simple diet and lifestyle changes. Topics will focus on cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol with recipes and nutrition strategies for improving or reversing these conditions.
The class includes an informative video, discussion, and cooking demonstrations along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.