Thursdays, beginning March 18, 2010 through April 15, 2010, 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. at the Berkley Community Center (home to the Berkley Adult Education programs)
Learn about a world of health and flavor as you explore global cuisines. From Latin America to northern Africa to southeastern Asia, you’ll find a wealth of unusual (and usual) ingredients [...]
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Authentic Living Center in Troy, 1640 Axtell Road (off Maple Road, just east of Coolidge)
Super foods are super-nutritious, super-delicious and super-easy to incorporate into your menu. Join me for any or all of these classes and learn how to use these great-tasting foods as part of your regular food plan!
Schedule of Classes
February 20, 2010: 11:00 [...]
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Tuesday nights, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Authentic Living Center in Troy, 1640 Axtell Road (off Maple Road, just east of Coolidge)
These ongoing, hands-on sessions are designed to help you kick your cravings and permanently take control of your health. The six-week program is open to anyone who’s interested in learning more about food [...]
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Thursdays, beginning on January 21st, 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. at the Berkley Community Center (home to the Berkley Adult Education programs)
In this class, we took a good look at nutrition and balance through a cook’s eyes — we bridged the gap between understanding what food is and how it affects our bodies to how to [...]
Tuesday, December 1st, 7:00 p.m. at the Berkley Public Library
Here was your chance to get a primer on how to easily integrate healthier food options into your everyday life. We focused on reading menus with a keen eye, choosing great (and fun!) places to shop and eat, and how to understand what food labels are [...]
Wednesday, October 14th, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at FitZone in Troy
Thank you to all who attended! We had a great group with some very good, practical questions. I hope everyone enjoyed the evening as much as I did.
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Maximize your workout by understanding what “healthy” food really is!
Fats and sugars are everywhere — from where [...]
Five-part series that began on Thursday, September 17th, 7:00 p.m. at the Berkley Community Center
From deciphering food labels to understanding what food does (and doesn’t do) for your health, this intensive five-part series focused on the connection between what you put on your plate and how you feel on a day-to-day basis. Each class also [...]
Wednesday, September 9th, 7:00 p.m. at the Southfield Public Library
Thank you to all who joined me for an evening of food/health info at the library! During this presentation, we talked about the following issues:
-Making the connections between food and wellness by understanding the principles of basic nutrition: carbohydrates, fats, protein
-What it means to be a [...]
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Four-week course beginning on Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m.
More nutrition info came your way! I held a four-session program at Jazzercise in Royal Oak (one-hour session each Tuesday evening) to talk about a variety of topics:
Don’t Drink Your Calories
Be Carb Smart
Portion Control
Dine Out the Smart Weigh
Since the program was well-received, I was asked [...]
May 5, 2009, the Berkley Public Library
During this talk, I briefly recapped the basic nutrition concepts we covered in the first session and expanded them to cover more aspects of what it means to be a qualitarian: where food products come from, how they’re processed, and how they affect our personal health and the health [...]
