Eating is one of our body’s most basic instincts. We all must eat to survive. Food can often be an ingrained part of our culture, it can represent who and what we are. Sometimes we get in a rut and prepare the simplest and easiest to prepare meals. Fast food has for many become the norm and in some cases has become our food culture. A vast amount of research reveals that eating a healthy, well balanced, whole foods diet supports a healthy body, longevity and general well being. Dietary diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease,obesity, and many cancers are linked to the excess sugars, fats, salts, chemicals, hormones, additives, pesticides and other processes in our current food supply. It doesn’t take a lot of extra effort to prepare meals that our bodies were designed to eat.
Benefits
- Participants see how easy it is to cook with whole foods versus using packaged highly refined foods.
- They learn to color their palate; each vibrant color in fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices has different phytonutrients that help fight disease and keep the body healthy.
- They discover that a little bit of a good thing is still a good thing; learning about portion sizes prepares them to make the best choices when deciding what and how much to eat.
- Selecting and mixing grains, vegetables, proteins, herbs, and spices engages the whole person.
- Cooking can be a family affair or something shared with friends to build community and a common interest in health and wellbeing.
Presentation and Cooking Demonstration with Participation
Join us for an engaging, interactive and informative discussion series on how better metabolism and proper digestion can greatly improve overall wellness. By better understanding your body’s inner mechanisms you are more equipped to make the best choices for optimum health. This series brings the insight of biology (without being boring), nutrition know-how and cooking for busy families into a simple, easy to follow and very digestible manner. You’ll come away with a new awareness for how to treat your body well so that it in turn treats you well for a long and healthy future.
In the three workshops we’ll explore
Digestion:
- What the six stages of digestion are and why they’re important to understand.
- Why metabolism matters and how to make the most of it.
- How your taste buds play a major role in digestion and ways to enliven them.
Balanced Diet:
- What are whole foods?
- Why it is so important to eat the rainbow.
- Organic vs. conventional, what’s the difference anyway?
Cooking:
- How to prepare well balanced meals on the fly.
- What to do when there are a variety of tastes under one roof.
- Sample some delicious, healthy, stress-free recipes.
Kellie Creamer has a BS degree in nutrition, a certification in Ayurvedic medicine and a master’s degree in international community health. As a community health nutritionist for over a dozen years, she has had the opportunity to work with, teach and learn from an incredible and diverse range of individuals. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and has worked, studied and traveled throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America
