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. _______________________________________________________ Maximize your workout by understanding what “healthy” food really is! Fats and sugars are [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
April 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m., Berkley Senior Center During this talk, we focused on learning how to read and understand food labels. (The latter isn’t always so easy!) We also touched on the importance of choosing high-quality, nutrient-dense foods at any age. If you’d like more information on the Senior Center, please visit the City [...]
April 15, 2009, bright & early Since optimists are perpetually alert and cheery–even at (or before) the crack of dawn!–I emphasized the good fats in our modern foodscape. From farmer’s markets to natural food stores, from the benefits of grass-fed beef to why pastured eggs are better than what’s in the battery-hen-produced cartons, we broadened [...]
Wednesday, April 8th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Gilda’s Club in Royal Oak, (248) 577-0800 or www.gildasclubdetroit.org Gilda’s Club in Royal Oak is one of the 22 Gilda’s Club free cancer support centers throughout the country. I spoke about the connection between food and wellness, how the current American foodscape affects cancer and other chronic [...]
March 30, 2009: Introduction to Better Health, 7:00 p.m., Berkley Public Library We addressed a basic question: what is food? By exploring the Big Three (corn, soy, and wheat) of the American food system and the Big Three of nutrition (carbohyrates, protein, and fat), we gained a better understanding of what makes the difference between [...]
