Looking to improve your health? Then this seminar is for you

By Nerissa McNaughton

Many people suffering from health conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes are looking for ways to improve their health. Could adopting some raw food practices help?

“Oh yes! It makes a huge difference!” says Janet Thomsen, a raw food cook who is presenting a seminar and class in Onoway this month. “You eat a cooked meal and you are tired and sleepy. Eat raw and you have vitality and energy. The ideal diet is 80 per cent raw 20 per cent cooked.”

Thomsen went raw 15 years ago for health reasons, and has never looked back. She acknowledges, however, that it’s a big leap of faith.

“What scares people is that it is a different way of eating, and we are not brought up that way. Meat, potatoes, cooked veggies, apple pie, and ice cream. That’s what we know.”

An article reviewed by Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD, on WebMD points out, “Eating lots of veggies and fruits helps control blood pressure. The [raw] diet is low in sodium so it might help lower your chance of stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer, and kidney disease. Losing weight and keeping it off can help prevent or manage Type 2 diabetes.”

Health gains can be achieved, and dinner menus refreshed by eating just a few raw meals a week – and it’s easier (and tastier) than you think.

Learn more by attending the May 15^th Un-Cooking Seminar at the Onoway Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where Thomsen will guide you through simple breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert recipes that you don’t need special ingredients or equipment to make. Come out for a fun and informative afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m.

You’ll need to pre-register by May 10 and the cost is only $15 to help with food expenses. Call Evangeline at 780-967-5461 to register and for more information.