Food for Life Cooking & Nutrition Classes

Wondering what’s for dinner? Food for Life cooking and nutrition classes, offered by the Providence Center for the Healing Arts, present a way for anyone to make healthy and simple recipes the whole family will like. These classes educate students on how to make confident food choices and how to prepare nutritious and delicious meals. Every Tuesday night from 6:30-8:00p.m. students and instructors assemble on the 2nd floor of the Assarian Cancer Center to learn how a diet of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes can lead to a healthier life and prevent numerous diseases. Participants learn about food topics such as maintaining a healthy weight, planning healthy meals, replacing meat, discovering dairy alternatives, favoring fiber, and immune boosting foods.

The Providence Center for the Healing Arts, in alliance with the Joslin Diabetes Center and The Cancer Project in Washington D.C., has launched these classes to educate the community on healthy food choices. Videos produced by The Cancer Project are presented in class to explain the science of how our food choices impact our health. Volunteer instructors demonstrate recipes selected from the class manual. All are welcome to sample the food and share their personal experiences. Class fee is $10. Take a class, bring a friend. You’ll discover things about nutrition that may surprise you.

Class Topics Include

• Fueling Up on Low-Fat Foods
• Why Fiber ?
• Discovering Dairy Alternatives
• Replacing Meat 
• Planning Healthy Meals
• Antioxidants & Phytochemicals
• Immune-Boosting Foods
• Maintaining a Healthy Weight
• Foods & Prostate Cancer Survival
• Foods & Breast Cancer Survival
• Nutrition and Diabetes*
• Special Guest Instructors

When

Tuesdays
6:30 - 8:00p.m.
*Dr. Suchitra Zambare, MD of the Joslin Diabetes Center will discuss diabetes-related topics on the third Tuesday of each month. 

Upcoming Class Dates and Topics:

• Jan. 24th – Immunity Boosting Foods, Featuring Chef Lydia Huston
• Jan. 31st - Mar. 13th – No class
• Mar. 20th - Nutrition and Diabetes with Dr. Zambare of the Joslin Diabetes Center.
• Mar. 27th -  Planning Healthy Meals Featuring Chef Lydia Huston
  

Where

2nd Floor Conference Room - Second Floor
Assarian Cancer Center
47601 Grand River Avenue, Novi 

Cost

$10 per session
Please call 248-465-5455 to register.