"When Diet Is Wrong, Medicine Is Of No Use. When Diet is Right, Medicine Is Of No Need"- Ancient Ayurvedic Proverb
Food For Life: How Foods Fight Diabetes & The Power Of Your Plate and Grocery Cart
Sat, Feb 06
|Zoom Online
A 2 FOR 1 DOUBLE CLASS! 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.


Time & Location
Feb 06, 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Zoom Online
About the event
The Food for Life: Diabetes Initiative is the plant-based nutrition and cooking program for type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment developed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The intended audience for this program is people with diabetes, prediabetes, a family history or risk factors for developing diabetes, and their adult family members. It is also designed to introduce health care professionals to the basics of plant-based nutrition for preventing and treating diabetes. Diabetes is a major public health problem of epidemic proportions. More than 12 percent of the U.S. adult population has diabetes, and more than one-quarter of the population over 65 has the disease.1 One out of four people with diabetes is unaware they have it, which means they are not being treated with a healthy diet or medications. Uncontrolled, diabetes can lead to complications from head to toe, including stroke, loss of vision, heart disease, kidney failure,…
Tickets
Food For Life Diabetes Class
2 for 1 double class: Introduction to How Foods Fight Diabetes AND The Power of Your Plate and Grocery Cart
$25.00
+$0.63 ticket service fee
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