Health & Wellbeing   

Infectious diseases account for the second greatest cause of death worldwide. Using The Great Courses material and class discussions, participants will learn a bit of history on viruses, bacteria, and fungi and how to deal with them.

Participants will explore and discuss healthy aging components supported by current science-based information, review tools to assess one's own Super Aging potential, and investigate today’s hot topics in health and nutrition that may influence aging.

Are you interested in adopting a whole-food plant-based lifestyle, or just adding more plants to your diet? In this course we will learn how choosing to “plant-power” our lives can help prevent and reverse chronic disease while reducing our carbon footprint and the harm caused to other living creatures. Sessions will be interactive, featuring film, video, and hands-on exercises as we learn how to shop economically, interpret food labels, track daily consumption of plant-based foods, modify traditional recipes, identify where and how to eat out, food-prep to save time, and prepare quick and healthy meals with minimum effort. LIMIT 16

Chef Bill Briwa (The Great Courses) will guide this class as we explore the world of vegetables. Together, participants will look at veggie favorites in a new way, find out about some unfamiliar veggies, and learn creative ways to prepare and enjoy all of them. Recipes and tasting samples provided!