SAMPLE CLASS SYLLABUS
I. Healing Properties of Food
A. Attitudes & thoughts
B. The season we are in and how it affects us
C. When, Where, What and How we eat
D. Variety, Rotation, being full
E. Knowing what works best for you-just doing "your best"
II. What goes on your body goes in your body
A. Healthy skin care
1. Skin care products
2. Toxin release through your skin
a. Exercise
b. Water, teas, elimination
c. Perspiration, sweating, BO, antiperspirants
d. Breathing
e. Morning ritual / or daily cleaning, dry skin brushing, showering, bathing, steam / sauna / Spa Day
III. Our Environment: What surrounds us we ingest
A. Your home
1. Household cleaning products
2. Garden / outside your home
3. Toxic vs. environmentally & healthier choices
B. Internal Cleaning
1. Your liver and related organs
2. Giving your body a day off
3. Overeating, constipation, proper elimination & fasting
4. Lymphatic System / detoxing our body
5. Digestion and where it begins
6. Rest Relaxation, and Recreation = The 3 R's, Quiet time
IV. Foods that bring balance, harmony and nutrition
A. Liquids
1. Juicing / teas / soups / smoothies
B. Raw
1. Fruits / salads / vegetables
C. Farm Fresh Organic foods - Highest food Sources
1. Acid vs. alkaline+ balance and harmony with-in
a. Mucus / bacteria / virus / colds congestion / illness
2. "Eat your fruits & vegetables" - Alkaline forming foods
a. Sea vegetables / cleaning
3. Seasonal foods and their preparation
4. Grocery store vs. Sustainable markets
1. Products, butchers, etc.
D. Grains
1. Whole grains, & healing properties
2. Breads / whole grain, sprouted
3. The whites, breads, pastas, dairy & sweets
E. Protein & Dairy
1. Best choice for your body
2. Meats, Fish, Poultry, alternatives / beans / tofu
3. Goat & Sheep
4. Milk, cheeses, and yogurt
5. Nuts and seeds
F. Sugars
1. The good guys: honey, brown rice syrup, maple syrup
2. Occasional sweets
G. Oils, and their storage
1. The good guys
a. Real organic butter ghee / clarified butter
b. Unrefined organic monounsaturated oils i.e. Extra virgin olive, sesame, canola best in green bottles
c. Fresh cold pressed polyunsaturated oils i.e. flax
2. The bad guys
a. Saturated fats - Animal fats
b. Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, margarine, shortening / hydrogenated - extremely harmful
c. Any highly heated oil
V. Water
A. The source of your water - were it comes from, how it is filtered
B. How much and how often for proper hydration
C. Water does a body good when not flooded
SEASONAL SAMPLE MENU
A. Fresh juices
1. Grape and lemon
2. Carrot, celery ginger, green apple, cucumber
B. Raw Salads
1. Cucumber radish
2. Chopped raw sprouted veggie salad with balsamic vinaigrette
C. Whole grain toast and homemade jam
D. Freshly brewed lemon verbena tea
E. Goat Yogurt with granola
F. Warming & healing soups
1. Miso Soup
2. Lentil Stew / Soup
3. Any green veggie soup Quick!
G. Whole grains
1. Millet
2. Barley
H. Oven poached Salmon and Leeks
I. Kale and Fennel drizzled with Flax oil
All menus subject to change through the seasons.
