Category: Nutritional Wellness

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 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!)

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!

       

 

Please join us for the annual healthy potluck on September 12th!  Bring your favorite healthy dish to pass and your recipe to share, and we’ll enjoy a healthy lunch together!

Tableware and water will be provided.  Click here to see pictures from past potlucks.

When: Monday, September 12, 2016 at 12:15 to 1:00 p.m.

Where: 1965 Room, University Union

Please click here to RSVP by Thursday, September 8, 2016.

Sponsored by the Wellness Committee and SLO Food Alliance.

Making healthy choices is part of a healthy diet, but with all of the mixed media messages and new information on food and food types, it is difficult to know what to eat to stay healthy. This presentation provides an overview of 5 simple tactics to help individuals choose a healthy diet. In addition, based on the popular book, “Eat this Not That”, participants are provided with a comparison of similar foods that have a surprising disproportional nutritional value so better selections can be considered.

When:  Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Location: CL 735

No need to RSVP or register – just mark your calendar and join us! Feel free to bring your lunch too! 🙂

 

Thank you to Jane Lehman of Prevea for sharing interesting information about biometric measurements!  We learned about cholesterol HDL, LDL, and triglyceride numbers, as well as glucose and blood pressure measurements.  She cautioned us to take our BMI number with a grain of salt, and shared practical ways we can improve our numbers, and more importantly, our health!  Please click here to view her Power Point presentation.

Thank you to Suzi Sevcik of Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA for providing us with excellent information about Community Supported Agriculture!  We are looking forward to enjoying fresh vegetables and herbs during their 15 week harvest season from mid-June through mid-September.  For more information about CSA’s or to sign up for Suzi’s CSA that may be delivered to campus, please visit the Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA website (http://www.sleepyhollowfarmcsa.com/), or contact the Wellness Committee at wellness@uwgb.edu.

 

Would you like to enjoy fresh-picked locally grown veggies and herbs 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.

When: Tuesday, February 9, 2016

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

Where: University Union, Room 103

Please RSVP at http://uwgreenbay.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_blakMU7YlehnH7L

Thank you to Gail Feldkamp, A’viands Wellness Dietician, for providing us with excellent information about preparing healthy, low cost, quick and easy meals, and sharing her Salsa Chicken and Rice recipe!  Corey Arndt, A’viands Executive Chef, impressed us with his food preparation and cooking skills, and we enjoyed the flavorful meal he created!

 

Bring your favorite healthy dish to pass and your recipe to share

Tableware and water will be provided.  Click here to see more pictures from last year’s event!

When:  Tuesday, August 4, 2015; 12:15-1:00 p.m.

Where:  1965 Room, University Union

Please RSVP by Monday, August 3, 2015

Sponsored by the Wellness Committee and SLO Food Alliance

If you have ever struggled with sugar cravings, then this Lunch n’ Learn is for you!

In a world filled with mixed messages about food and health, it is becoming increasingly harder to get control over our bodies, our weight, and our stress. And in this short session, Celeste Faye (daughter of UWGB’s own Linda Parins!) is here to help you discover the 6 motivators responsible for sugar cravings. Turns out it’s not your fault!

Which 1 of the 6 motivators is ruling your life? The Rebel, The Over-Indulger, or perhaps the ‘Procrastinator’? Your sugar cravings are telling you more than “I want chocolate”, but you likely haven’t figured out how to decode the message.

Join us for this July Lunch n’ Learn & discover how to go beyond diets, detoxes and exercise regimes to understand how you can get control over your sugar cravings.

And if the thought of quitting sugar makes you want to run in the other direction because you don’t really want to give up your sweet treats right now— you should still join us – because the good news is you don’t have to! In this session, you’ll get powerful insights to a deeper meaning of your cravings. And in the spirit of not having to give it all up, Celeste will be bringing a delicious sugar-reduced dessert for you to enjoy. 🙂

When:   Thursday, July 9, 2015; 12:15 – 1 p.m.

Where:  1965 Room; University Union

Please RSVP by Monday, July 6, 2015.

Celeste is the host of an online program titled “Breaking Up With Sugar” and the co-founder of SculptMyHealth.com.