Eat 'n Learn: Veg Nutrition for Superb Health

Sunday, October 30 @ Lillian H Smith Library

Join award winning Registered Dietitian Vesanto Melina, co-author of bestselling books: Becoming Raw, Becoming Vegan, Cooking Vegetarian, Raising Vegetarian Children, The Raw Food Revolution Diet, and The Food Allergy Survival Guide for tips on how to keep yourself in superb health on a plant-based diet. Enjoy an update on protein power from plant foods, bone building without a drop of dairy, getting reliable sources of vitamin B12, including the good fats in your menus, and keeping your blood sugar level between meals without resorting to vegan junk food. 

When?

Sunday, October 30th at 4 pm 

$12 admission includes samples of Vesanto's recipes. $10 for students (must show student ID).

**Tickets must be reserved in advance**. Purchase or reserve your tickets by phoning the TVA office this week at 416-544-9800 or during our Resource Centre hours this Saturday from 1 to 4 pm.

 Thursda, October 27 - Raw Food Diets: What's True, What's Not?

Do our bodies need the enzymes from plant foods? Are cooked foods toxic? For maximum benefit, must our diet be 100 percent raw?

Should we be eating buckwheat greens, sprouted legumes, raw mushrooms, and seaweeds? What do we learn from science about raw and high-raw diets in relation to chronic disease?

Can raw food diets help us with weight management, or prevent diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia?

$8. $5 for students (must show student ID). Tickets available at the door or by phoning the TVA office at 416-544-9800.