FREE Friday Virtual
Lunch and Learns

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS

January 13, 2023

Anticipated Food Trends for 2023
Mira Dessy, NE
The Ingredient Guru 

Description: Food producers and grocery chains spend time and money looking into what they believe
will be the guiding trends for the year ahead. These trends often create a rush of new products to the
grocery store shelves which come with a range of marketing statements to convince consumers to buy
them. Join Mira Dessy, The Ingredient Guru, to hear what some of the anticipated food trends are for 2023
in order to be aware of how these companies are targeting your clients.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn how companies predict food trends

2. Learn the difference between a trend and a fad

3. Build awareness of some of the tops trends for 2023

4. Develop talking points to share with your clients about these trends

Bio: Mira Dessy is The Ingredient Guru. A holistic nutrition professional, author, and popular public speaker, she knows that it's not just what you eat, but what's in what you eat.  Over time this philosophy has been expanded to include helping people understand what's in other things we consume like personal care and cleaning products. She is a holistic health practitioner who has been working with clients for over 16 years helping those with chronic health issues find nourishing and toxin-free solutions for wellness.

January 20, 2023

Food Matters for Cancer Management
Nancy Birang, NC, BS
Nutrition and Integrative Care Consultant at cancerCAREpoint
Owner, Four Seasons Nutrition Consulting Service

Learning Objectives:

1. Strategies to help clients stay nourished and strong during all phases of cancer treatment

2. How to build a collaborative team with patients, their family, wellness and medical providers

3. Expand your repertoire of healing foods, recipes and cooking suggestions to support recovery and prevent cancer recurrence

Bio: Nancy is a Bauman College graduate, and was a beloved Holistic Nutrition faculty for Bauman College, Santa Cruz for over a decade. She provides science-based information on the use of food, herbs, supplements and testing to support her clients in their healing journey. Nancy is a strong advocate of nutrition education for children and families. She is a co-founder, board president and educator at Nourishing Generations Educational Project, a non-profit in the Santa Cruz, CA area that brings chefs, nutritionists, and fitness trainers to schools and community centers to counteract the rising epidemic of family obesity, diabetes, and immune dysfunction.

Training and Certifications:

• Board Certified, Holistic Nutrition

• Registered, National Association of Nutrition Professionals

• Certified Nutrition Consultant, Bauman College of Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts

• Certified, Herbalism

• Bachelor of Science, Medical Technology

• Nationally and State Licensed, Clinical Laboratory Science

• Certified, ETMS Professional Clinical Training in Cancer Therapies
  

February 17, 2023

Evidence-Based Creative Strategies for Promoting and Managing
Physical and Mental Health
Christina Wright, M.Phil, CPCC
Social Emotional Arts Facilitator, Wright Arts and Bauman Wellness                                      

Description: Individuals are increasingly struggling with anxiety and depression, and isolation and
loneliness have grown exponentially. As we face new health challenges, it’s essential that our society
adopt innovative solutions to improve health and well-being. A growing body of research demonstrates
that creative expression and the arts engage, inspire, and connect us, offering an unparalleled ability to
meet this moment and unite people. Explore how the arts can be a path towards self-reflection,
mindfulness, as well as interpersonal engagement and connection.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discover the science and significance of creativity as an essential component to human flourishing

2. Explore the universal appeal of the arts to help us understand ourselves and shift perspectives that reinforce positive behaviors and to be a unifying force to decreasing social barriers and strengthening interpersonal connections

3. Learn a creative expression approach to improve personal and public health and community well-being

Bio: Christina is the Founder of Wright Arts, which uses transformative art modalities in experiential learning spaces to cultivate social emotional learning and holistic wellness, build character values, awaken purpose and develop leadership skills to empower individual and social change. In partnership with Bauman Wellness, she facilitates courses in social emotional arts as part of the Integrative Wellness programs for wellness practitioners, the workplace and the community.

February 24, 2023

Successful Gardening, Part 1
Christine Bauman, BS
Bauman Integrative Wellness Facilitator

Description: Gardening is a great way to connect with the earth and grow fresh food and herbs to nourish
you and your loved ones. You can add vegetables, fruits and herbs to your cooking, grown on your balcony, 
in your home garden, or even on acres of land, throughout the year. Though different garden approaches,
such as container and vertical gardening, foodscaping, raised bed systems and micro garden approaches
are popular garden options, the basic principles of creating a successful garden are the same. Learn what
approach will work best for your situation.  Online resources will be provided as well as time for questions
and discussion.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define and prepare your garden area

2. Understand how to create good soil

3. Order / Start heirloom seeds now

4. When to plant container herbs

Bio: Christine Bauman is a botanist who specializes in foodscaping with edible vegetables, fruits and herbs. She has worked for seed saving organizations such as Talavaya, Plants of the Southwest and Seeds of Change. She developed a garden curriculum used at Bauman College. She is a California Naturalist, specializing in edible wild plants. She teaches children and youth virtues training. She works as a professional photographer. She is a Bauman Integrative Wellness facilitator.

March 10, 2023

SPECIAL FEATURE - Plant Powered Pain Management
Lillie Rosenthal, DO
Board Certified, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Description: We are a nation in pain. We need relief and we want it now. This collective way of thinking
has ended us in a social and economic opioid crisis of massive proportions. The price of pain for
Americans is upwards of $300 billion and rising, including the costly toll of human suffering and side
effects. The US healthcare system functions as a “sick care” system treating symptoms instead of root
cause issues. Time starved doctors treat pain patients with pills and procedures. We can do better; we
MUST do better. We need to think differently about the evaluation and responsible management of pain.
Pain is a puzzle to be solved rather than a symptom to be suppressed. Pain is a signal that the complex
system of integrated networks known as the human body it out of balance.

A well-researched powerful prescription provides significant relief for many types of pain, all without side effects. The successful evidence-based alternative to pills and procedures for the treatment of pain is a comprehensive lifestyle medicine approach with food as a focus. Food is pain medicine. The gold standard is a whole- food plant- based diet that feeds our gut microbiome to reduce inflammation, boost immunity and prevent and reduce pain. Consuming high quality nutrient- rich foods to repair and support our bodies’ cell structures translates into healthier joints, muscles, and organs. Fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and whole grain provide the epigenetic information to our cells so we can feel and function optimally. Dr Rosenthal will present her compelling and successful pain management strategies highlighting food as the ultimate prescription for pain relief.

Learning Objectives:

1. Educate on the scope of the US pain problem and inspire to rethink the pain puzzle.

2. Present the evidence-based benefits of a whole food plant-based diet as the ULTIMATE RX for pain.

3. Present a comprehensive, effective, responsible and practical approach to foods that fight pain program. 

Bio: An expert in personalized lifestyle management with a focus on injury prevention, pain management, health optimization and performance, Lillie Rosenthal, DO, is a physician with a private practice located New York City. She is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Rosenthal sees a variety of patients in her Manhattan practice, including world-renowned musicians, dancers, choreographers, and writers, as well as marathon runners and other athletes, and treats such conditions as back pain, tendonitis and repetitive stress disorders. She is also a consulting physician for the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, MTV Video Music Awards and several Broadway productions and is, herself, a dancer and a marathon runner. Dr. Rosenthal is an author, educator and media spokesperson for the American Osteopathic Association. She is a member of the medical advisory boards of MedShadow and Plant-Powered Metro New York as well a Council of Directors member of True Health Initiative. Dr Rosenthal is the host and co-founder of the podcast “Power to the Patient”.