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You've heard of eating your way to good health. Why not take it one step further and learn how to cook healthy meals?
Beginning May 7, the University's Cancer Prevention and Control Program is offering Six Weeks to Your Health, a series of cooking classes at the Capital Senior Center at Maxcy Gregg Park. The classes will be held on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $80 for the six-week series or $20 per class. To register or if interested in an evening version of the class, call 734-4432 or e-mail: brookharmon@sc.edu.
"We're gearing these courses for individuals with health concerns such as heart disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, and weight loss," said Brook Harmon, a registered dietician and intervention coordinator with the Cancer Prevention and Control Program. "It's also for those who want to learn more about vegetable-based diets, or anyone with an interest in cooking and the culinary arts."
Class topics are: May 7, The Benefits of a Healthy Diet; May 14, Shopping for a Healthy Diet; May 21, Eating In and Eating Out; May 28, The Food We Eat; June 4, The Mystery of Soy; June 11, A World of Spices.
Schedule won't allow you to attend the classes? The Cancer Prevention and Control Program is offering a cookbook with nearly 100 recipes gleaned from the cooking classes as well as from the program faculty and staff and past participants. Recipes cover party dishes, soups, salads, sides, entrees, and desserts; the cookbook is available for $8 to those who have attended at least one of the classes and $10 for the public.
In September, a five-part cooking series will be offered called Mediterranean Cooking for Life. The classes will be taught by Patricia Pastides and are based on a traditional Greek diet that is low in red meat and high in fresh seafood. "It's been shown to be good for preventing Alzheimer's and birth defects," Pastides said, who also is developing a cookbook of traditional Greek recipes spiced with anecdotes about Greek life.
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