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…

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:…

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…

  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…

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…

  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.…

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…

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…