Workshops & Events

Introduction to Raw Foods

Event Date(s): 2/23/10
Event Time: 5:30-8
Event Location:
4604 Dorset Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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Event Price: $75.00
Details: In this workshop you will learn the basics of why raw living foods are beneficial for your health and how to incorporate them into your daily eating plan. You will learn about the nutritional benefits of the raw food diet including vitamins and phytonutrients, enzymes, water, proteins, fats, digestion, assimilation and elimination and acid-alkaline balance. You will learn what food groups and specific foods are most beneficial to eat and which ones are not so beneficial to eat. In addition you will learn where you get your protein on a raw food diet, food combining, weight maintenance and adapting to a raw food diet. Most importantly you will walk away with the knowledge of how to make raw food preparation simple and easy and incorporate it into your daily life.

Foods that will be demonstrated and or discussed include: raw nut milks, juices, smoothies, pates, salads, soups, sprouts, sea veggies, superfoods, supplements and dehydrated foods such as crackers and cookies. Raw food resources will also be provided.