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Food For Life - Class Descriptions
The Food for Life program offers a variety of classes:
African American Culinary Heritage
The African American Culinary Heritage curriculum is intended to inspire and empower healthful eating for the purpose of preventing and arresting chronic diseases disproportionately affecting African Americans by connecting to culturally relevant recipes. The course will also help participants seeking to prevent or overcome high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other health conditions that disproportionately affect African Americans.
Featured Class Topics
- The Power of Your Plate
- Foods for a Healthy Heart
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer
- Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control
- Making It Work for You
Cooking to Combat COVID-19
Lifestyle-related underlying health conditions, like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are associated with the worst COVID-19 outcomes. But people often don’t know that plant-based diets are scientifically proven to prevent and even reverse many of those diseases. Learn important nutrition information, cooking tips, and recipes for optimal health during the pandemic.
Featured Class Topics
- Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Immune-Boosting Foods
- Foods for a Healthy Heart
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes
- Foods and Mood
The Power of Food for Healthy Weight Management
Discover which foods are optimal for weight management, learn about various health topics, and get empowered with the practical cooking skills needed for better health. Enjoy cooking demonstrations and taste delicious, healthful dishes in a supportive group setting.
Featured Class Topics
- Power of Your Plate
- Let’s Go!
- Getting in Gear
- Breaking the Food Seduction
- Keys for Natural Appetite Control
- Digestive Health
- Healthy Blood Pressure
The Power of Food for Cancer Prevention and Survival
Understand how to prepare cancer-fighting meals loaded with antioxidants and phytochemicals, high-fiber and low-fat foods, and healthy dairy alternatives. The series also provides information on planning meals and maintaining a healthy weight.
Featured Class Topics
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer
- Fueling Up on Low-Fat Foods
- Favoring Fiber
- Discovering Dairy Alternatives
- Replacing Meat
- Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Immune-Boosting Foods
- Maintaining a Healthy Weight
- Foods and Breast Cancer Survival (Supplemental Class)
- Foods and Prostate Cancer Survival (Supplemental Class)
The Power of Food for Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Learn how a plant-based diet reduces the risk of diabetes and can greatly benefit those who have been diagnosed with the disease. Each class offers a cooking demonstration and provides samples of delicious, health-promoting meals, along with easy and affordable recipes.
Featured Class Topics
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes
- The Power of Your Plate and Grocery Cart
- Understanding Type 2 Diabetes
- Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control
- The Glycemic Index
- Keeping a Healthy Heart
- Diabetes Care From Head to Toe
- Making It Work for You
The Power of Plant-Based Nutrition for Health
Based on the Physicians Committee’s online 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program, discover that the guiding principle for weight loss and good health is not restricting the amount of food eaten but rather choosing the healthiest foods—fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes. This course does not include live cooking demonstrations.
Featured Class Topics
- Kickstart Your Health: Weight Control and Diabetes Prevention
- Let’s Go (Begin Kickstart, Label Reading)
- Getting in Gear
- Weight Loss
The Power of Food for Health on a Limited Budget
Find out about the economic value and health benefits of plant-based foods. Attendees discover the relationship between diet and disease, get tips on planning a budget-friendly weekly or monthly menu, and enjoy cooking demonstrations that do not require costly cooking gadgets or equipment.
Featured Class Topics
- The Power Plate
- How Foods Fight Diabetes
- Foods for a Healthy Weight
- How Foods Fight Heart Disease
- Grocery Store Tour (Supplemental Class)
The Power of Food for a Healthy Start
Learn the benefits of the Power Plate, which contains whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables. Children ages 9-12 will learn about the health benefits of eating a plant-based diet while sampling delicious, kid-friendly recipes. The curriculum aims to empower children with the knowledge and skills they need to establish healthy habits for life.
Featured Class Topics and Objectives
- Bang-Up Breakfasts
Learn the important role diet plays in the cancer process. - In-Betweener Meals and Sweeter Deals
Identify the new four food groups using the Power Plate and understand the role of dietary fat, cholesterol, and fiber for overall health. - Rainbow Lunches
Understand the importance of eating a “rainbow” of fruits and vegetables loaded with vitamins and minerals. - Digging These Dinners
Recognize plant-based foods that are full of protein, calcium, and iron.
The Power of Food for Workforce Health
Featured Class Topics
- Power on Your Plate
- Let’s Go!
- Getting in Gear
- Breaking the Food Seduction
- Keys for Natural Appetite Control
- Digestive Health
- Introduction to How Food Fight Cancer
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes
- Healthy Blood Pressure
Food for Life: Your Body In Balance
Dietary choices have a surprisingly powerful effect on hormones and the problems they cause. The information provided in these classes explains the latest research and offers a new approach to treating, preventing, and even curing many of the most common and persistent health problems.
Featured Class Topics
- Foods for Fertility
- Curing Cramps and Premenstrual Syndrome
- Tackling Hormone-Related Cancers
- Reversing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Tackling Menopause
- Curing Erectile Dysfunction and Saving Your Life
- A Healthy Thyroid
- Foods and Mood
- Avoiding Environmental Chemicals
Food for Life: Let's Beat Breast Cancer
Featured Class Topics
- Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer
- Fueling Up On Low-Fat, High-Fiber Foods
- Discovering Dairy and Meat Alternatives
- Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Healthy Weight Control
- Food for Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival
Single Classes
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Research, however, shows a plant-based diet does not just prevent heart disease, but it can manage and sometimes even reverse it. In this stand-alone class learn about the key role of healthful eating habits and other lifestyle factors in heart health.
Plant-based foods are beneficial to the brain and may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A decline in brain health is not an inevitable part of aging. But how we eat and live can help us protect our memory and stay sharp into old age. In this stand-alone class, you will learn strategies for maintaining memory and improving brain function including how to prepare brain health promoting meals.
A diet comprising whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables has been shown to provide the ideal fuel for any physical activity and enhanced recovery. This stand-alone class delivers the knowledge and skills needed to prepare simple, nutritious meals that fuel optimal fitness and recovery.
The Universal Meals class offers everyone a seat at the table. Drawing from the Physicians Committee’s Universal Meals program, this class is designed to meet the varied needs of individuals for health, environmental, or humane concerns, for allergy reasons, and for cultural and religious traditions. It is a single class that incorporates recipes free of animal products, gluten-containing grains, nuts, alcohol, and other allergens to accommodate food preferences and common allergies. The curriculum is well suited for (but not limited to) audiences in schools, businesses, restaurants, food pantries, hospitals, senior living communities, and long-term care facilities.
Spanish Language Programs
Food for Life: Spanish Diabetes Initiative – Comer Para Vivir - Iniciativa Diabetes
El objetivo de esta serie es empoderar a las personas que tienen diabetes o que quieran prevenir el desarrollo de la diabetes, a informarse y tomar control de su salud junto con sus amigos y familiares. La serie consta de 8 clases y cada clase ofrece información nutricional, una demostración culinaria y degustación de saludables y tradicionales recetas latinas. A cada participante se le proporcionará material didáctico y las recetas escritas.
Temas relevantes
- Introducción: Como los alimentos combaten la diabetes
- El poder de tu plato y el carrito de compras
- ¿Qué es la diabetes tipo 2?
- Como diseñar una dieta para lograr el máximo control de peso
- El índice glucémico
- Como mantener un corazón sano
- Atención de la diabetes desde la cabeza hasta los pies
Food for Life: Spanish Kickstart Your Health- Comer Para Vivir - Activa tu salud
Descubre qué alimentos son óptimos para controlar el peso, aprende sobre varios temas de salud y empodérate con valiosa información para mejorar tu salud en un entorno grupal de apoyo. La serie consta de 7 clases y cada clase ofrece información nutricional, una demostración culinaria y degustación de saludables y tradicionales recetas latinas. A cada participante se le proporcionará material didáctico y las recetas escritas.
Temas relevantes
- El poder de tu plato
- ¡Comencemos!
- Como prepararnos para comer fuera de la casa
- Como romper la seducción de la comida
- Como controlar tu apetito de manera natural
- Salud digestiva
- Presión arterial saludable
Food for Life: Spanish Employee Wellness Program – Comer Para Vivir – Programa de bienestar para empleados
El objetivo de esta serie es guiar a los empleados de empresas u organizaciones a descubrir la importancia de sus elecciones alimentarias para mejorar su salud. La serie consta de 9 clases y cada clase está estructurada para que ser impartida durante la hora de almuerzo de los empleados en donde obtendrán información nutricional, una demostración culinaria y degustación de saludables y tradicionales recetas latinas. A cada participante se le proporcionará material didáctico y las recetas escritas.
Temas relevantes
- El poder de tu plato
- ¡Comencemos!
- Como prepararte para comer fuera de casa
- Como romper la seducción de la comida
- Como controlar tu apetito de manera natural
- Salud digestiva
- Introducción a como los alimentos combaten el cáncer
- Introducción a como los alimentos combaten la diabetes
- Presión arterial saludable
Spanish Single Classes
Food for Life: Spanish Cancer Project – Comer Para Vivir – Proyecto contra el cáncer
Esta clase individual recalca la evidencia de cómo ciertos patrones alimentarios tienen un impacto significativo para ayudar a las personas diagnosticadas con cáncer a vivir vidas más largas y saludables. La clase incluye información nutricional, una demostración culinaria y degustación de saludables y tradicionales recetas latinas, material didáctico y las recetas escritas.
Esta clase está destinada a sobrevivientes de cáncer y a sus familiares y amigos, así como a aquellos que buscan prevenir la enfermedad. Esta clase no está destinada a personas que actualmente están bajo tratamiento para el cáncer.
Food for Life: Spanish Let´s Beat Breast Cancer – Comer Para Vivir – Venzamos el cáncer de mama
La clase Venzamos el cáncer de mama, es una clase individual de nuestra popular serie Let's Beat Breast Cancer, que se enfoca en alimentos nutritivos que han demostrado reducir directamente el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer de mama o de que vuelva a aparecer. La clase incluye información nutricional, una demostración culinaria y degustación de saludables y tradicionales recetas latinas, material didáctico y las recetas escritas.
El público al que va dirigida esta clase son los sobrevivientes de cáncer y sus familiares y amigos, así como aquellos que buscan prevenir el cáncer de mama. Esta clase no está destinada a personas que actualmente están bajo un tratamiento para el cáncer de mama.
Get Healthy With Good Nutrition
Food for Life classes teach you how to improve your health with a plant-based diet.
