28A. Natural Healing and Cooking

Focus Area: Experiential Workshop In this experiential Natural Healing and Cooking workshop, attendees will get a “taste” of how to use food as medicine. This session introduces attendees to a proven, practical, and delicious way to fight and protect against obesity, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disorders, and cancer—through the power of the plate. The founders of the UCSD Natural Healing and Cooking program encapsulate their 8-week program into a dynamic, 90-minute, interactive class that allows the audience to use all of their senses to enjoy an energetically balanced, whole-food, plant-based meal that is easy enough for the busiest person to recreate at home. Lessons draw from nutrition science, epidemiology, and time-tested principles (and cuisines) from around the world.