Nutritional Wellness – Page 21

CSA Lunch ‘n Learn

Would you like to enjoy fresh-picked locally grown veggies and herbs delivered for you to UW-Green Bay each week? Please come to this Lunch ‘n Learn to find out more about CSAs! Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between a farm and a local community of supporters that provides a direct link between the production and consumption of food. CSA members cover the farm’s operating cost by purchasing a share of the harvest. This provides members with a healthy supply of locally grown, seasonally fresh produce throughout the growing season.

Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA is a small, farmer owned farm in Kewaunee County. They specialize in growing a variety of veggies using sustainable farming practices, and no chemicals, herbicides or pesticides touch your food. (For more information about Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA, you can visit their website at: http://www.sleepyhollowfarmcsa.com/)

Presenter Suzi Sevcik has a lifetime of farm experience. From growing up on her parent’s dairy farm to now working the fields with her own farm. Using techniques that are kind to the earth to grow veggies, she takes the approach of never ending improvement. Trialing different varieties to see what grows well in their micro-climate, to constantly find better ways to grow veggies and manage weeds and pests. The mission always remains the same – To produce nourishing food that respects that land, and feeds our community and to exemplify a sustainable model for small-farm viability. Suzi brought the shares right here to UWGB last year, once per week during the harvest season, so that it was convenient for employees to pick up, and plans to do the same in 2017!

When: Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Time: 12:15 to 1:00 p.m.

Where: University Union, 1965 Room

Please RSVP at http://uwgreenbay.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2txsZC6c4ZgpzCJ

Stress Management Lunch ‘n Learn

Almost 30 employees attended the Stress Management Lunch ‘n Learn on Thursday, November 3rd and learned about positive and negative stress, three types of stress (physical, chemical and emotional), and the ‘snowball’ effect of changing one behavior for the better. For example, eating healthier can lead to having more energy, which can lead to exercising more and sleeping better at night, which can lead to a healthier body which can handle stress better and has less dependence on prescription drugs.

The doctor also promoted the benefits of drinking plenty of water. Did you know that we should drink half our body weight in ounces? So, if your body weight is 160 pounds, you should drink 80 ounces of water per day. Assuming you have 16 waking hours per day, that is just 5 ounces per hour. If we only drink when our body tells us it is thirsty, our body would be in a persistent state of near dehydration, which doesn’t lead to a healthy body.

We also learned that drinking one alcoholic drink per day can be beneficial, and our emotional stress depends on how we percieve a situation and respond to it. Everyone has a go-to destressor, such as relaxing with a glass of wine or a beer, going for a run, reading a book, watching a movie, browsing Pinterest, etc. It is important that we know what our destressor is, and use it when our body is maxed out.

Thank you to Dr. Logan Andera, D.C. of Cornerstone Chiropractic and Kendall Howard of Wellness Champions for the interesting, helpful and funny presentation, as well as buying us lunch!

Wellness Webinar – Healthy Eating for Effective Weight Loss

Maintaining or losing weight is not an easy task, especially as we age and your metabolism slows down. While there are no “silver bullet” remedies for effective weight management, understanding how your metabolism works, balancing a healthful diet with exercise and establishing realistic goals can provide you with a foundation roadmap for sustainable success.

Learning Objectives:

Understanding BMI and waist circumference
Finding the balance: food and exercise
Explore how your metabolism works
Healthy eating tips and strategies
Avoiding holiday pitfalls

When: Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Time: 12:00 to 12:45 p.m.

Location: CL 735

No need to RSVP – feel free to join us and bring your lunch! 🙂

Annual Benefits & Wellness Fair

Thank you to everyone who attended the Annual Benefits & Wellness Fair on Friday, October 21st. Over 30 vendors were on hand to answer questions and provide information.

Cooking Demonstration Lunch ‘n Learn

On October 18th, we watched Chef Corey Arndt prepare apple butternut squash soup with cinnamon creme, and learned about nutrition, cooking and preparation tips from Registered Dietician, Jolene Sell, and Chef Corey. The soup was delicious and healthy, and everyone enjoyed seconds! Thank you to Chef Corey Arndt, Jolene Sell, and Chartwells for presenting and sponsoring this cooking demonstration!

Cooking Demonstration Lunch ‘n Learn

Please join us as Chartwells Chef Corey shows us how to prepare apple butternut squash soup with cinnamon crème. Chef Corey will provide preparation and cooking instructions, and Registered Dietician, Jolene Sell, will share nutritional information. We will also get to sample the soup!

When: Tuesday, October 18^th at Noon to 12:45 p.m.

Where: 1965 Room, University Union

This lunch ‘n learn is limited to 30 attendees. Please click here to RSVP.

Sponsored by Chartwells and the Wellness Committee

Annual Benefits & Wellness Fair

Wellness Webinar – The Myth of Cholesterol

A growing body of research and new clinical information is shedding a new perspective about how cholesterol impacts your health. Believe it or not, cholesterol is not the culprit of heart disease; it’s inflammation; caused by certain types of food in your diet! This presentation will provide an overview of how inflammatory foods affect cholesterol which can lead to heart disease and many other chronic health conditions. Participants will learn how the “inflammatory” response can be prevented through the adoption of an anti-inflammatory diet. The webinar will provide participants with a variety of tools, resources and nutrition concepts that they can use to improve their overall health and wellbeing.

When: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 (this webinar was previously scheduled for September 21st, and was rescheduled to October 12th due to technical difficulties on September 21st)

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Location: CL 735

Bring your lunch and learn more to improve your health! (No need to RSVP – just mark your calendar to attend!)

Wellness Webinar – The Myth of Cholesterol

When: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 (this webinar was previously scheduled for September 21st, and was rescheduled to October 21st due to technical difficulties on September 21st)

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Location: CL 735

Bring your lunch and learn more to improve your health! (No need to RSVP – just mark your calendar to attend!)

4th Annual Healthy Potluck – great food & conversation!

Thank you to those who created tasty and healthy dishes to share today at the 4th Annual Healthy Potluck! We enjoyed a delicious lunch of fresh fruit with Greek yogurt dip, creamy grape salad, Caprese salad, Texas caviar, adzuki bean salad (with kombu seaweed!), southwest corn and black bean salad, apple cake and apple crisp!