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Food Travels: Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, the World & Back
5 Lessons
What you eat can be the most powerful tool for good health. In many parts of Africa and her diaspora, food is culture, identity, celebration and healing. Elders across generations have shared recipes, secrets and techniques to including heritage favourites such as millet, cowpeas, cassava and a plethora of indigenous, seasonal vegetables. As people of African descent have transitioned from these foods to western-style diets centered in high fat, high sodium, sugary processed foods, culture has been lost and the rates of non-communicable diseases have increased.
It's time to take back our health and it starts by reclaiming our foodways.
This 4-week dietitian nutritionist-led, cooking class explores the evidence supporting African foods as medicine and gives easy cooking and practical diet tips that allow participants use easily accessible African foods in a personalized eating plan that accelerates health without giving up on the bold, delicious flavors of the motherland and her diaspora.
Our course gives you the foundation you need to follow to create meals that heal while using African foods and other ingredients that you love, have access to and simply enjoy.