Overview
- A WFPB lifestyle aims to maximize consumption of nutrient dense plant foods while minimizing process foods, oils, and animal foods (including dairy products and eggs). It encourages lots of vegetables (cooked or raw), fruits, beans, peas, lentils, soybeans, seeds and nuts (in small amounts) and is generally low in fat.
- Research shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low risk intervention that may lower blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels as well as increase Weight loss and reverse many chronic diseases (diabetes II, high blood pressure, heart disease, certain cancers and autoimmune diseases) as well as reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower heart disease mortality rates.
- It's the food! Change the food. Change your health destiny.
Sept 28, 2019
Whole Foods Plant Based: Prescription for Healthy Living
Whole Foods Plant Based: Prescription for Healthy Living
Location: Plant City Cellar, 334 S Water St, Providence, RI 02903, Phone: (401) 429-2029
Cost: $35
Follows: Dr. Michael Greger @nutrition_facts. (9:00 - 11:00 am)
How Not to Die
Description
In this class, you will learn how to begin a plant-based lifestyle. Included in the lecture will be 4 delicious cooking demos... all of which you will be able to sample! You will also be sent copies of the recipes and a list of a well stocked plant-based kitchen (fridge, freezer, pantry) and handouts from the entire lecture as to what gizmos you might want to have in your kitchen! There are limited seats in the classroom. Sign up today to secure your spot! Bring your friends...and make it an awesome learning experience!
Tickets: Link to Eventbright
- Plant City in Providence @PlantCityPVD.
- Date/Time: 9/28 @ 12:30 pm
Location: Plant City Cellar, 334 S Water St, Providence, RI 02903, Phone: (401) 429-2029
Cost: $35
Follows: Dr. Michael Greger @nutrition_facts. (9:00 - 11:00 am)
How Not to Die
Description
In this class, you will learn how to begin a plant-based lifestyle. Included in the lecture will be 4 delicious cooking demos... all of which you will be able to sample! You will also be sent copies of the recipes and a list of a well stocked plant-based kitchen (fridge, freezer, pantry) and handouts from the entire lecture as to what gizmos you might want to have in your kitchen! There are limited seats in the classroom. Sign up today to secure your spot! Bring your friends...and make it an awesome learning experience!
Tickets: Link to Eventbright
2 Classes: October 19, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
What is Whole Food Plant Based Living? Lecture and Cooking Demo. Overview WFPB. Myth of healthy oils.How do I get Calcium an Protein? What about supplements?
What is Whole Food Plant Based Living? Lecture and Cooking Demo. Overview WFPB. Myth of healthy oils.How do I get Calcium an Protein? What about supplements?
- Cooking demo: Mushroom Chili IP,
- Cooking demo: short grain brown rice in IP
- Sample: beg worthy banana muffins.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Lecture: How Do You Begin Living Plant-Based? Lecture and Cooking Demo. Understand the Myth of Willpower. How to stock your fridge, pantry and freezer
Lecture: How Do You Begin Living Plant-Based? Lecture and Cooking Demo. Understand the Myth of Willpower. How to stock your fridge, pantry and freezer
- Cooking demo: Simply Ratatouille
- Cooking demo: Instant Pot basics: potatoes - Top with Westbrae and Veracha sauce
- Sample: Chocolate and Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding
Nov. 2, 2019
Montefiore Preventative Cardiology Conference
Would you like to learn how to become healthier and possibly reduce your medications through lifestyle changes? Then this conference is for you! You will learn from the best!
This is an amazing conference... that is open to the public. You will hear from some of the top people how you can totally prevent AND reverse heart disease through a Vegan plant based diet! What an amazing line up! Here are just some of the presenters:
To register: www.eeds.com/live/764902
Location: Montefiore Medical Center, Tishman Learning Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 100467
Date/Time: Nov. 2, 2019 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
This is an amazing conference... that is open to the public. You will hear from some of the top people how you can totally prevent AND reverse heart disease through a Vegan plant based diet! What an amazing line up! Here are just some of the presenters:
- Dr. Robert Ostfeld has created a Wellness Program at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx!
- Dr. Michelle McMacken heads up another Wellness program at Bellevue.
- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn created the first Wellness program at the Cleveland Clinic!
To register: www.eeds.com/live/764902
Location: Montefiore Medical Center, Tishman Learning Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 100467
Date/Time: Nov. 2, 2019 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
2 Classes - November 16, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tips, Tricks of a WFPB Lifestyle - Great Kitchen Hacks - Lecture
Tips, Tricks of a WFPB Lifestyle - Great Kitchen Hacks - Lecture
- Best types of pans and utensils
- How to read and interpret a nutritional label
- Resources and support for this lifestyle
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simply Plant Based: Cook and Learn -Cooking Demo & Activity
Simply Plant Based: Cook and Learn -Cooking Demo & Activity
- Cooking demo: Ginger-Orange Glazed Carrots
- Cooking Demo: Fall Harvest Butternut Squash Soup
- Cooking Demo: Orange Cranberry Zest Sauce
- Sample: Pumpkin Cornbread
- Activity - Reading Labels
Two Classes - December 14, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Caloric Density - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Are all calories created equal? Just what is a calorie? On a day-to-day basis, people generally eat the same amount of food by weight. Learn how you can consume a larger portion of low calorie density foods and lose weight!
Caloric Density - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Are all calories created equal? Just what is a calorie? On a day-to-day basis, people generally eat the same amount of food by weight. Learn how you can consume a larger portion of low calorie density foods and lose weight!
- Cooking Demo: Smoked Butternut Squash Soup (IP)
- Cooking Demo: Simply Salad & Dressing
- Cooking Demo: Chocolate peanut butter pie
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Foods that Build your Vitamin Shield - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Learn about free radicals, what they are and what they can do to you. What about coffee? Good or bad? Heard about resveratrol? What is it? By using vitamins (found in food) E, B6, Folate and B12 we can knock out free radicals, lower our homocysteine levels and help to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Foods that Build your Vitamin Shield - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Learn about free radicals, what they are and what they can do to you. What about coffee? Good or bad? Heard about resveratrol? What is it? By using vitamins (found in food) E, B6, Folate and B12 we can knock out free radicals, lower our homocysteine levels and help to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Cooking Demo: Simply Lentil Chili
- Cooking Demo: Brown Jasmine Rice in IP
- Cooking Demo: Simply Fruit Rice Pudding in IP
Two Classes - March 14, 2020
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Foods That Shield You from Toxic Metals - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
In the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s Disease, you typically find this beta amyloid plaque. If you were to break apart this plaque, what would find? Metals! Perhaps copper, iron, zinc, aluminum, or mercury! But wait! Don’t I need these in my body? Learn the latest research and the impact this has on our brain!
Foods That Shield You from Toxic Metals - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
In the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s Disease, you typically find this beta amyloid plaque. If you were to break apart this plaque, what would find? Metals! Perhaps copper, iron, zinc, aluminum, or mercury! But wait! Don’t I need these in my body? Learn the latest research and the impact this has on our brain!
- Cooking demo: Simply Creamy Soup
- Cooking demo: Simply Awesome Beans
- Cooking demo: Simply Spanish Rice
- Tickets: Eventbrite
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Living WFPB Build Your Cognitive Reserve - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Learn about cognitive reserve, which is a new concept in neurology, that may help us to hold on to memories for much longer. To do this, one must provide intellectual stimulation and building the connections between brain cells. Learn how to build your cognitive reserve in this presentation.
Living WFPB Build Your Cognitive Reserve - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Learn about cognitive reserve, which is a new concept in neurology, that may help us to hold on to memories for much longer. To do this, one must provide intellectual stimulation and building the connections between brain cells. Learn how to build your cognitive reserve in this presentation.
- Cooking demo: Simply Couscous Salad
- Cooking demo: Simply Sweet Potato Chile
- Cooking demo: Simply Blueberry Cobbler
Two Classes - April 11, 2020
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Living WFPB: Physical Exercise That Protects the Brain - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Exercise is good for so many things, and brain health is one of them. As your heart starts pumping, you rejuvenate your brain cells. In this presentation, learn how the hippocampus (the brain structure that is key for memory), is enhanced by any sort of exercise that gets your heart going.
Living WFPB: Physical Exercise That Protects the Brain - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Exercise is good for so many things, and brain health is one of them. As your heart starts pumping, you rejuvenate your brain cells. In this presentation, learn how the hippocampus (the brain structure that is key for memory), is enhanced by any sort of exercise that gets your heart going.
- Cooking demo: Soy Yogurt topped with fruit
- Cooking demo: All Hale Kale (steamed, topped with infused balsamic vinegar)
- Cooking demo: Peruvian Sweet Potato Chili
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Living WFPB: Build Memory Power as you Sleep - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Sleep is important. If your sleep is disturbed, your memory "files" remain in a jumble, and you have a hard time coming up with the names and words you need. Once you are asleep, your brain no longer has to pay attention to conscious life, it can file away the experiences of the day, reset your emotional balance, shore up your pain control and generally tidy up. Certain medications and health conditions can wreak havoc with your brain cells and interfere with sleep. Bottom line, your brain needs rest!
Living WFPB: Build Memory Power as you Sleep - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Sleep is important. If your sleep is disturbed, your memory "files" remain in a jumble, and you have a hard time coming up with the names and words you need. Once you are asleep, your brain no longer has to pay attention to conscious life, it can file away the experiences of the day, reset your emotional balance, shore up your pain control and generally tidy up. Certain medications and health conditions can wreak havoc with your brain cells and interfere with sleep. Bottom line, your brain needs rest!
- Cooking demo: Instant Pot basics - how to cook rice
- Cooking demo: Simply Cannellini Chili
- Cooking demo: Simply Fruit Rice Pudding
Two Classes - May 16, 2020
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Living WFPB: Medicines & Health Conditions that Affect Memory - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
When anyone experiences any sort of memory problem, medication should be high on the list of suspects. Specific medications that can affect your memory include: cholesterol lowering drugs, sleep medications, antidepressant, antihistamines, anxiety medications, painkillers, blood pressure medications, and acid blockers. Some hidden medical problems that can affect your memory include: gluten intolerance, depression, menopause, thyroid hormone, lack of oxygen to the brain, infections, cancer treatments, and diabetes. If you notice any change in your mental function, a check of the medicine cabinet and a good medical evaluation hopefully will identify the cause so you can address it promptly.
Living WFPB: Medicines & Health Conditions that Affect Memory - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
When anyone experiences any sort of memory problem, medication should be high on the list of suspects. Specific medications that can affect your memory include: cholesterol lowering drugs, sleep medications, antidepressant, antihistamines, anxiety medications, painkillers, blood pressure medications, and acid blockers. Some hidden medical problems that can affect your memory include: gluten intolerance, depression, menopause, thyroid hormone, lack of oxygen to the brain, infections, cancer treatments, and diabetes. If you notice any change in your mental function, a check of the medicine cabinet and a good medical evaluation hopefully will identify the cause so you can address it promptly.
- Cooking demo: Spicy Corn Salad
- Cooking demo: Potato Salad Italiano
- Cooking demo: Simple Truffles
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
WFPB Foods that Protect You from Harmful Fats and Cholesterol - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Blue zones are places where people enjoy good health as well as healthy brain functions well into old age. In all these places, people's food choices have one thing in common: they emphasize food from plant sources. The biggest source of saturated fat in the American diet is from dairy and meat products. Combining the saturated fat with metals aggravates the production of beta-amyloid in your brain cells. Zinc causes the beta-amyloid to come together and copper and iron make free radicals that destroy your brain cells.
WFPB Foods that Protect You from Harmful Fats and Cholesterol - Lecture and Cooking Demo.
Blue zones are places where people enjoy good health as well as healthy brain functions well into old age. In all these places, people's food choices have one thing in common: they emphasize food from plant sources. The biggest source of saturated fat in the American diet is from dairy and meat products. Combining the saturated fat with metals aggravates the production of beta-amyloid in your brain cells. Zinc causes the beta-amyloid to come together and copper and iron make free radicals that destroy your brain cells.
- Cooking demo: Instant Pot Basics - cook rice
- Cooking demo: Veg Out Veggies Stew
- Cooking demo: Apple & Date Surprise
