Optimal Health Lifestyle Intervention Workshops/Cooking Classes

• Learn how to prepare delicious oil-free plant-based meals
• Stress management techniques
• Better sleep strategies
• And much more...

12-Week Class Schedule, Spring/Summer 2024

• 5/15/2024:  Week 1:   Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and Plant-Based Nutrition
• 5/22/2024:  Week 2:   Getting Nutrients, Vitamin B 12 and Protein on a Plant-Based Diet 
• 5/29/2024:  Week 3:   10 Laws of Plant-Based Lifestyle Medicine
• 6/5/2024:    Week 4:   Importance of Physical Activity and Strength Training 
• 6/12/2024:  Week 5:   Stress Management/Meditation   
• 6/19/2024:  Week 6:   Restorative Sleep Management
• 6/26/2024:  Week 7:   Black Women and Resilence
• 7/3/2024:    Week 8:   Healthy Families 
• 7/10/2024:  Week 9:   Positive Psychology  
• 7/17/2024:  Week 10: Avoiding Electromagnetic Frequencies
• 7/24/2024:  Week 11: Spring Gardening 
• 7/31/2024:  Week 12: End of Series Summer Party 
  This schedule is subject to change 

Register in advance to join the classes in this series of workshops: 
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tdO2tqjovHdOzcI-zWVjsyvybtLnfRWK0    

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the workshop series. PLEASE NOTE: Once you register for this workshop series, the same link received in the confirmation email can be used to join each of the classes in the series.   

These workshops will be recorded and available at a future date.              

The links to purchase the Handbook for the classes are:          

• Hardcopy: $35.00 – Pick up at 455 Lee Street
  The hard copy link is  https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=wTezdN
           
• ebook: $25.00 – Download on FireFox if you want to print
  The ebook link is https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=XdAngT         

Cost

There's no cost to attend the on-line weekly classes.

Class Materials

• Recipes
  • Collard Green Wrap by Allison Woodley-Tyehimba
• Recordings
  • Farm to Table Presentation by Ethel Edwards
• Documents
  • WFPB Ozempic Diet

Resources (Books, Websites & Other References)

• Getting Started 
  • Watch: Engine 2 rescue
  • The Leader in Plant-Based Living - Forks Over Knives
• Other References
  • Nutrition Facts
  • How Marketing Works
  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (pcrm.org)

Workshop Committee

Dr. Jennifer Rooke, FFL Instructor Shobha Swamy, FFL Instructor Carolyn Hartfield, Chef Judy Walker, Joan Emerson,  Dr. Merchuria Williams, Joyce Wright, Dr. Roxanne Barrow

Contacts

• Dr. Jennifer Rooke: jrooke@msm.edu
• Dr. Roxanne Barrow: rbarrow@msm.edu