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Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Class Series for Cancer Prevention and Survival

Assarian Cancer Center (EAP)
47601 Grand River Ave.
Novi, Michigan 48374

Classes are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Classes are held every Tuesday, see class topics below. There is a nominal $10 charge per session.

Registration: Call 248-465-5455.

Venue Web site: http://www.stjohn.org/ProvidenceHealingArts/classes/FoodForLife/.

The Providence Center for the Healing Arts, in alliance with the Joslin Diabetes Center and The Cancer Project in Washington D.C., has launched these classes to educate the community on healthy food choices. Videos produced by The Cancer Project are presented in class to explain the science of how our food choices impact our health. Volunteer instructors demonstrate recipes selected from the class manual. All are welcome to sample the food and share their personal experiences. Class fee is $10. Take a class, bring a friend. You’ll discover things about nutrition that may surprise you.

Class Topics Include

* Fueling Up on Low-Fat Foods
* Favoring Fiber
* Discovering Dairy Alternatives
* Replacing Meat
* Planning Healthy Meals
* Antioxidants & Phytochemicals
* Immune-Boosting Foods
* Maintaining a Healthy Weight
* Foods & Prostate Cancer Survival
* Foods & Breast Cancer Survival
* Nutrition and Diabetes
* Special Guest Instructors

For general questions about the Food For Life program, Contact the Cancer Project.

This class series is offered by an Educational Alliance Partner. Educational Alliance Partners’ classes are based on The Cancer Project's popular Food for Life program. To tell your friends and family about these classes, please use the share button at the top of this page. To learn more about the Educational Alliance Program click here.
Each class includes a nutrition video followed by a cooking demonstration and sampling of the food prepared. Classes are open to cancer survivors, friends, family, and anyone interested in cancer prevention and healthy eating.
Click here to purchase or download your own copy of The Cancer Survivor’s Guide which contains extensive nutrition information and more than 100 pages of recipes.
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