Suggested Topics for Lectures and Workshops
True Nourishment for the Body: Learning simple approaches to mindful cooking and eating that truly nourishes our body, mind and spirit. We will look beyond Western philosophy on dietary patterns as we examine how other cultures are living longer happier lives and experiencing less disease and illness. We will focus on the health-enhancing properties of specific foods that their effects in our body are almost magical.
The Potion, our Antioxidant
System - Protein and Brain Function:
Food can quicken the brain, lift and improve the mood. The popular name
given to the branch of medicine that deals with nutrition and it's effect
on the mind is called "Phychonutrition." It was not until the
70's and 80's did scientists discover "neurotransmitters" (brain
chemicals) and the mind/brain studies exploded. Most of their attention
was paid to two important macro-nutrients that are instrumental in the
manufacture and transport of brain chemicals. We will learn how to balance
the chemical substances made directly from our food to manage our energy
states - for a comfortable, calm alert state or a strong energy sprint
that makes us think faster and perform better. We will look at the role
of the Antioxidant in Brain Function and the many foods to support it.
Nutritional
Management of Intestinal Health: This workshop will provide you with
information and insight on the role of gastrointestinal key nutrients.
Unrefined foods, complex carbohydrates and cruciferous vegetables and
authentic Good Fat are all medicine for the gut. We can reverse and reduce
many chronic illnesses of the gut by using nutrient rich - high fiber
food to eliminate toxins and reestablish normal flora and support liver
function. Research will be presented on the use of enzymes, botanical
medicines, probiotic microflora and key strategies and protocol in the
successful treatment of gastrointestinal - related chronic illness.
Informed
Parents... Healthy Children: As parents we have to work doubly hard
to get our children to eat healthy because our kids are mesmerized by
the media. High priced junk food and fast food marketing is aimed right
for their imaginations on what food they will eat. How do we incorporate
"foods of importance into our homes and their small bodies?"
As parents we can be partners with the media to weakening our child's
immune system, or we can help them and us to rise above the media and
enhance and empower their minds and bodies to "What Wholesome Nutrition
Is." We must provide it, fresh daily, in the shelter and love of
our own kitchen. Cooking is so vital that I encourage everyone to develop
a working knowledge of how to select and prepare basic foods. Education
can begin at home as soon as children are able to understand and continue
throughout life since cooking is essential to our emotions and physical
journeys. In this lecture we will learn the facts about how your child's
EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids are not being absorbed because of soda,
sugar and hydrogenated fats, in just about all cookies in the supermarkets)
Learn the facts about how your child's EPA's (Essential Fatty Acids)
are not absorbed because of soda, sugar and hydrogenated fats.
Empowerment
Through Food: There is a loss of which was once a "Principal
Food" and now there is an emergence of "Non Essential"
foods. What are the Functional Foods that the experts are boosting
about? We will learn the power of Phytonutrients and Phytochemicals
which are the most exciting areas of nutritional research today.
Experts have identified compounds in plants that can bolster our defenses
against agents of disease, reducing risks of cancer and other serious
illnesses. You will find nothing about these Phytonutrients in
conventional textbooks or courses, but scientific papers about them
are appearing so rapidly that Doctors will have to take note. WE will
focus on what real Whole Foods are and the result of the lack of them
in our bodies over time. As a nation we lack EFA's (essential fatty
acids) in our diets, mostly because we are obsessed with No-Fat and
Low-Fat diets. We will learn the foods that are rich in Good Fat. Finally
we will look at the dietary needs for DNA and RNA Building foods, they
are truly the main players for good cellular health.