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Click on any seminar title below for more information. Presentations can be adapted for specific audience interests.

and, for professional groups:

1. Healthy, Delicious and Easy
From Vesanto Melina, co-author of 2 best-sellers Cooking Vegetarian and Becoming Vegetarian, learn tips that will make it a pleasure to be in the kitchen and at the dinner table. Meals centered on grains, legumes, tofu and veggies can be so simple and satisfying! Whether you are a novice cook, a gourmet chef, or a restaurant eater, you'll discover new and tasty ways to meet all your nutritional needs.
Note: This session can be done as a slide presentation, a food demo or (with smaller groups) as a participatory class.

2. Cutting Edge Vegetarian Nutrition
Are you vegetarian, or is your diet shifting in a vegetarian direction? Keep up-to-date with the latest on plant protein, omega-3 fatty acids, nondairy sources of calcium, iron, zinc,  and meeting all nutritional needs on a plant-based diet. This informative, entertaining session includes dietary self- assessment along with plenty of practical tips to keep you in great health with great food.
Note: Session entitled Cutting Edge Vegan Nutrition is also available.

3. Calcium Without Dairy: Plant Foods for Lifelong Bone Health
Can we build and maintain strong bones without cow's milk?
How do protein intake, dietary salt & activity level affect lifelong bone health?
Learn more about calcium balance, the outstanding calcium foods from the plant world and tasty, simple ways to include these foods in your diet.

4. Plant Protein...Perfect For People
*Are plant proteins 'incomplete'?
*Do they lack essential amino acids?
*Must you carefully combine plant foods, to achieve high nutritional value?
*Do some people require animal protein?
Learn the origins of myths that have led us to undervalue plant protein in human diets. These myths have led to ways of eating that support heart disease, cancer & other chronic diseases, instead of top nutrition. Find how to meet protein needs with plant foods, at all ages, all activity levels and for all people.

5. Especially for Women:  Nutrition for Lifelong Vitality
Learn the basics of plant-centered diets that reduce risk of chronic disease and keep you in tip-top shape. Discover delicious foods that support lifelong bone health and disease prevention, with a focus on women's issues.  Presentation includes practical tips, slides of foods and preparation, and can be arranged to provide tasting as well.
Note:  This session can be tailored for women in the second half of life, including peri-menopausal women's health issues.

6. Food Cravings and Addictions
What you eat and when you eat can be powerful allies (or foes) in helping you control sugar and junk food cravings. Those with out-of-control eating, alcoholism or diabetes in the family will benefit by learning about: blood sugar patterns, glycemic index of foods, and menus that help stabilize metabolism and mood. Learn how whole grains and legumes can assist. Discover easy, tasty ways to fit health-supportive foods into busy lives.

and, for professional groups:

7. Food Choices For A New Millennium:
Vegetarian nutrition, foods and resource materials for dietitians, nurses, teachers & health professionals.
(4 or 6 hour format, optional food sampling)
Plant sources of protein, iron, zinc, calcium, B12 and other vitamins. Vegetarian and vegan food guides. Update on fats, oils and omega-3 fatty acids. Vegetarian nutrition through  pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence and the later years.
Cooking skills; healthy, delicious, easy alternatives to meats, eggs and dairy; chef tips; oil-free cooking; preparation of grains, legumes and soy foods; seasonings and herbs. Vegetarian convenience foods.