Urban Zen Food Solutions Part IV
Reducing Pain Through the Food You Choose:
Understanding the Role of Food in Pain Relief

Can the food you choose play a role in chronic pain and symptom management? Join integrative physician, James N. Dillard, MD, DC, Lac., formally and uniquely trained in three health professions — acupuncture, chiropractic and conventional medicine — for a day of learning, discovery and innovative hands-on cooking in a supportive environment. Dr. Dillard will discuss evidence-based causes of chronic pain, explore pro-inflammatory dietary habits and explain how he helps patients navigate from illness to wellness with conventional and unconventional modalities. 

Turn Dillard’s therapeutic approaches into a reality you can taste through creative hands-on cooking and food learning experiences lead by Amanda Archibald, RD and Culinary Nutritionist, Stefanie Bryn Sacks, MS. For lunchtime enjoy the fruits of your culinary endeavors. The day will close with a panel discussion of medical, nutrition and culinary experts.

This workshop is hosted by the Urban Zen Foundation in conjunction with the generous support of The Palette Fund. We invite you to share, care and experience! 'Food Solutions', a ground-breaking, educational culinary-nutrition event series created by Amanda Archibald, R.D. and Culinary Nutritionist, Stefanie Bryn Sacks, M.S., gives you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change to restore and support your health.

Urban Zen Food Solutions Part V: Being a Role Model for your Kids

Children model their parents in food choice and behavior. So, if we want our children to eat healthfully, it’s up to us to set the example! Whole Foods pioneer and founder of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. joins us to discuss the importance of creating and embracing a healthy food lifestyle for yourself and your family. Through insights, discussion, hands-on cooking and food-centric activities you will acquire the knowledge and skills to make meaningful food choices for your lifetime and your kids.

Presented by the Urban Zen Center, this workshop is the fifth installment in the ground-breaking series 'Food Solutions: A Whole Foods Approach to Wellnes' - Sponsored by The Palette Fund & Whole Foods Market. Giving you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change!

Urban Zen Food Solutions Part VI: Navigating a Pathway to a Gluten-Free Life

Living with gluten intolerance can be complicated and overwhelming. Join our discussion with leading experts to shed light on strategies that make gluten-free food choice and mealtimes easier, more manageable and more healthful.  Transfer that knowledge into the kitchen and onto the table through flavorful hands-on cooking and food-centric learning activities. Leave with the confidence and tools to embrace a nourishing, gluten-free life.

Presented by the Urban Zen Center, this workshop is the final installment in the ground-breaking series 'Food Solutions: A Whole Foods Approach to Wellnes' - Sponsored by The Palette Fund & Whole Foods Market. Giving you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change!

Urban Zen Food Solutions Part III: Navigating Cancer

Can diet prevent, heal, or help us manage cancer? Join Pamela Yee, MD, board certified in both internal and holistic medicine and MaryBeth Augustine, RD, cancer survivor and integrative nutrition expert for a day of learning, discovery and innovative hands-on cooking in a supportive environment. Dr Yee will explain how she combines conventional cancer treatment therapies with evidence-based unconventional modalities to treat patients living with cancer. From the same stage, MaryBeth Augustine will share how she personally managed cancer through diet, supplements and herbal remedies and how this journey influences her approach to working with clients living with cancer.

Turn Yee and Augustine’s therapeutic approaches into a reality you can taste through creative hands-on cooking and food learning experiences lead by Amanda Archibald, RD and Culinary Nutritionist, Stefanie Bryn Sacks, MS. For lunchtime enjoy the fruits of your culinary endeavors. The day will close with a panel discussion of medical, nutrition, culinary and patient advocacy experts as they share their personal experiences of living and working with cancer.

Presented by the Urban Zen Center, this workshop was the second installment in the ground-breaking series 'Food Solutions: A Whole Foods Approach to Wellnes' - Sponsored by The Palette Fund & Whole Foods Market. Giving you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change!

'One Pot Wonders' with Stefanie Bryn Sacks

Learn the basics of preparing simple healthy meals for your palate and your plate. Gain confidence in the kitchen as you explore the many creative ways to marry a variety of whole foods into nutritious and delicious one-pot meals (there will be a combination of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options). As always, we will work on knife skills, technique and address any questions or concerns throughout the class. This hands-on class will end with a sit-down lunch where you will be able to share and enjoy your creations (if you cannot stay for lunch, feel free to bring containers to bring food home).

Urban Zen Food Solutions Part II: Managing Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies

Learn how you can meet the special dietary needs of children living with Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies from experts Kenneth Bock, MD author of "Healing the New Childhood Epidemics," and Pediatrician Stephen Cowan, MD. During this one day experiential workshop, you'll glean insights from experts working on the front lines of nutrition therapy and dietary management for children. Then get a taste of what the experts are really talking about through hands-on innovative food "labs" and cooking experiences that translate nutrition and dietary advice to the kitchen space and child's plate. Leave with the knowledge and the practical tools to implement restorative dietary practices into your children’s lives.

Presented by the Urban Zen Center, this workshop was the second installment in the ground-breaking series 'Food Solutions: A Whole Foods Approach to Wellnes' - Sponsored by The Palette Fund & Whole Foods Market. Giving you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change!

Urban Zen Food Solutions Part I: Rightsizing America’s Plate and Waist

Eating healthfully is a balance between the food choices you make and the portions you take. Achieving this balance allows you to lose weight, stop dieting and eat healthfully for a lifetime. Dr. Lisa Young, author of The Portion Teller Plan will present practical tools for rightsizing your portions and your food choices. Follow Dr. Young’s advice into the kitchen and onto your plate with a series of creative food-centric activities and a hands-on cooking experience. Leave with the knowledge and skills to make healthy food choices that are right for your waist and your plate.

Presented by the Urban Zen Center, this workshop was the first installment in the ground-breaking series 'Food Solutions: A Whole Foods Approach to Wellnes' - Sponsored by The Palette Fund & Whole Foods Market. Giving you the practical tools to make food lifestyle change!

Gluten Free Made Easy:
Demystifying the Gluten Free Diet

There has been an explosion of gluten free foods in the marketplace. From frozen foods and baked goods, to condiments and alcohol. Foods labeled gluten free are everywhere! And it’s not just food manufacturers that are riding the gluten free wave—restaurants, cosmetics and hair and skin care companies are a part of this emerging trend.
 
Join our gluten-free experts, Mary Beth Augustine, R.D., CDN, Registered Dietitian/Certified Nutritionist and Stefanie Bryn Sacks, M.S., Culinary Nutritionist to learn about this new trend from a clinical perspective and its practical life application. There will be lecture, discussion and product sampling from leading manufacturers and local vendors. 

Getting Back to Basics

Discover innovative, easy and cost-saving ways to use legumes and healthy grains to replace meat, chicken and fish in everyday meals. Gain an understanding of how lentils, black beans, brown rice, quinoa and other nutritious and delicious ingredients can become an important component of a healthier diet. Stefanie Bryn Sacks, M.S. is a culinary nutritionist and contributor to Power Up: Unleash Your Natural Energy, Revitalize Your Health, and Feel 10 Years Younger, (published as The Source in hardcover). She is the creator of Nutricook®, a program to help prevent illness and restore health through personalized nutrition therapy and culinary guidance.

The Vegetarian Kitchen

Learn the basics of preparing simple, nutritious and delicious vegetarian meals for your entire family. Gain confidence in the kitchen as you explore the many uses of grains, vegetables and legumes as part of vegetarian lifestyle. We will work on knife skills, technique and address any questions or concerns throughout the class. This hands-on class will end with a sit-down lunch where you will be able to share and enjoy your creations (if you cannot stay for lunch, feel free to bring containers to bring food home).

Healthy Kids ~
Nutrition Education and Cooking for Parents

Learn the basics of keeping a healthy kitchen and preparing simple, nutritious and delicious foods for your kids. Want them to eat healthfully? Well, to do so, you need the knowledge and skills to teach them. Join Culinary Nutritionist, Stefanie Bryn Sacks, M.S. and contributor to Power Up, Unleash Your Natural Energy, Revitalize Your Health and Feel 10 Years Younger, (published as The Source in hardcover) by Dr. Woodson Merrell and Kathy Merrell for an introduction on how to support your kids health through proper food choices.

Session One:
Address your personal concerns and gain solutions to make change, learn the basics of navigating the grocery store and keeping a healthy kitchen. Through round table discussion and activities Stefanie will help you acquire the knowledge and skills to shift your food lifestyle and that of your family. You will receive a package of resources to take home.

Session Two:
Through hands-on cooking instruction, Stefanie will introduce you to new ingredients and ways to make foods healthy and delicious for the whole family. Menu to be determined by what class wants to learn. You will receive recipes to take home.