The Power of Food for Healthy Weight Management

Discover which foods are optimal for weight management, learn about various health topics, and get empowered with the practical cooking skills needed for better health. Enjoy cooking demonstrations and taste delicious, healthful dishes in a supportive group setting.

Featured Class Topics

Power of Your Plate 

Let’s Go! 

Getting in Gear 

Breaking the Food Seduction 

Keys for Natural Appetite Control 

Digestive Health 

Healthy Blood Pressure

A diet comprising whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables has been shown to provide the ideal fuel for any physical activity and enhanced recovery. This stand-alone class delivers the knowledge and skills needed to prepare simple, nutritious meals that fuel optimal fitness and recovery.

Plant-based foods are beneficial to the brain and may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A decline in brain health is not an inevitable part of aging. But how we eat and live can help us protect our memory and stay sharp into old age. In this stand-alone class, you will learn strategies for maintaining memory and improving brain function including how to prepare brain health promoting meals.

Learn how a plant-based diet reduces the risk of diabetes and can greatly benefit those who have been diagnosed with the disease. Each class offers a cooking demonstration and provides samples of delicious, health-promoting meals, along with easy and affordable recipes.

Featured Class Topics

Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes 

The Power of Your Plate and Grocery Cart 

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes 

Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control 

The Glycemic Index

Keeping a Healthy Heart 

Diabetes Care From Head to Toe 

Making It Work for You

Dietary choices have a surprisingly powerful effect on hormones and the problems they cause. The information provided in these classes explains the latest research and offers a new approach to treating, preventing, and even curing many of the most common and persistent health problems.

Featured Class Topics

Foods for Fertility

Curing Cramps and Premenstrual Syndrome

Tackling Hormone-Related Cancers

Reversing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Tackling Menopause

Curing  Erectile Dysfunction and Saving Your Life

A Healthy Thyroid

Foods and Mood

Avoiding Environmental Chemicals

Learn the benefits of the Power Plate, which contains whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables. Children ages 9-12 will learn about the health benefits of eating a plant-based diet while sampling delicious, kid-friendly recipes. The curriculum aims to empower children with the knowledge and skills they need to establish healthy habits for life.

Featured Class Topics and Objectives

Bang-Up Breakfasts
Learn the important role diet plays in the cancer process.

In-Betweener Meals and Sweeter Deals
Identify the new four food groups using the Power Plate and understand the role of dietary fat, cholesterol, and fiber for overall health.

Rainbow Lunches
Understand the importance of eating a “rainbow” of fruits and vegetables loaded with vitamins and minerals.

Digging These Dinners
Recognize plant-based foods that are full of protein, calcium, and iron. 

Find out about the economic value and health benefits of plant-based foods. Attendees discover the relationship between diet and disease, get tips on planning a budget-friendly weekly or monthly menu, and enjoy cooking demonstrations that do not require costly cooking gadgets or equipment.

Featured Class Topics

The Power Plate 

How Foods Fight Diabetes 

Foods for a Healthy Weight 

How Foods Fight Heart Disease 

Grocery Store Tour (Supplemental Class)

The Power of Plant-Based Nutrition for Health

Based on the Physicians Committee’s online 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program, discover that the guiding principle for weight loss and good health is not restricting the amount of food eaten but rather choosing the healthiest foods—fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes. This course does not include live cooking demonstrations.

Featured Class Topics

Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes 

The Power of Your Plate and Grocery Cart

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes 

Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control 

The Glycemic Index

Keeping a Healthy Heart 

Diabetes Care From Head to Toe 

Making It Work for You

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Research, however, shows a plant-based diet does not just prevent heart disease, but it can manage and sometimes even reverse it. In this stand-alone class learn about the key role of healthful eating habits and other lifestyle factors in heart health.

The Power of Food for Cancer Prevention and Survival

Understand how to prepare cancer-fighting meals loaded with antioxidants and phytochemicals, high-fiber and low-fat foods, and healthy dairy alternatives. The series also provides information on planning meals and maintaining a healthy weight.

Featured Class Topics

Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer 

Fueling Up on Low-Fat Foods

Favoring Fiber 

Discovering Dairy Alternatives 

Replacing Meat 

Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Immune-Boosting Foods 

Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Foods and Breast Cancer Survival (Supplemental Class)

Foods and Prostate Cancer Survival (Supplemental Class)

Featured Class Topics

Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer

Fueling Up On Low-Fat, High-Fiber Foods

Discovering Dairy and Meat Alternatives

Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Healthy Weight Control

Food for Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival

Lifestyle-related underlying health conditions, like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are associated with the worst COVID-19 outcomes. But people often don’t know that plant-based diets are scientifically proven to prevent and even reverse many of those diseases. Learn important nutrition information, cooking tips, and recipes for optimal health during the pandemic.

Featured Class Topics

Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Immune-Boosting Foods 

Foods for a Healthy Heart

Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes 

Foods and Mood

The African American Culinary Heritage curriculum is intended to inspire and empower healthful eating for the purpose of preventing and arresting chronic diseases disproportionately affecting African Americans by connecting to culturally relevant recipes. The course will also help participants seeking to prevent or overcome high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other health conditions that disproportionately affect African Americans.

Featured Class Topics:

The Power of Your Plate

Foods for a Healthy Heart

Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes

Introduction to How Foods Fight Cancer

Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control

Making It Work for You

Featured Class Topics

Power on Your Plate 

Let’s Go!

Getting in Gear 

Breaking the Food Seduction  

Keys for Natural Appetite Control 

Digestive Health  

Introduction to How Food Fight Cancer 

Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes 

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The Universal Meals class offers everyone a seat at the table. Drawing from the Physicians Committee’s Universal Meals program, this class is designed to meet the varied needs of individuals for health, environmental, or humane concerns, for allergy reasons, and for cultural and religious traditions. It is a single class that incorporates recipes free of animal products, gluten-containing grains, nuts, alcohol, and other allergens to accommodate food preferences and common allergies. The curriculum is well suited for (but not limited to) audiences in schools, businesses, restaurants, food pantries, hospitals, senior living communities, and long-term care facilities.