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University of Hawaii
VITEC Classes

By Steve Blake, Sc.D.
Doctor of Holistic Health

And Catherine Blake, BS, BD
Interfaith Minister

  • How To Live To Be Healthy To 100
    We all hope to live healthy lives until 100 or more. These easy, practical techniques will keep you healthy at any age.

    Learn the four foundations of health
    Explore healthy food choices for a long life
    Experience different types of fitness activities
    Find out how to prepare longevity lunches
    Which environmemtal toxins can you avoid
    Low stress = long life, find out how

    You can diminish your chances of chronic disease with these well-proven techniques. 10-4 Saturday, January 17th, with a lunch break.
  • Healthy Hearts: How to Reduce the Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Blocked Arteries.

    • Healthy Hearts is a three-hour workshop that offers insights into how people can lower their risk of heart attacks.

  • Discover how arteries get clogged and how to unclog them.
  • Find out more about cholesterol and trans fats.
  • Learn how exercise and stress affect your risk of heart attacks.
  • We will take a look at which foods decrease your risk of heart attacks.
  • Explore how excess blood sugar can raise saturated fat levels in the body.
  • See how antioxidants in food can keep your heart and arteries healthy.

    • Who should attend:

    People who have experienced heart or arterial problems and who wish to avoid future problems. Anyone who needs information to keep themselves and their family safe from America's number one health problem.

    Become informed about the risk factors for heart disease and how to reduce your risk. You will get tips for exercise and stress reduction that can keep your heart healthy.

    Monday, October 20, 2008, 5:30-8:30pm

     

    Vitamins and Minerals in Food, in Supplements, and in Your Body.

    This comprehensive all-day seminar will educate you about each of the essential vitamins and minerals. Each necessary vitamin and mineral will be introduced and explained.

     

  • Which foods are the most abundant in these micronutrients?
  • We will look at vitamin and mineral forms in food and in supplements.
  • The toxicity of vitamins will be discussed.
  • Learn about the commonly deficient minerals, such as iron and iodine.
  • Get to know how magnesium relaxes muscles.
  • Discover which vitamins and minerals provide essential antioxidant protection.
  • You will learn how these nutrients are absorbed from food and transported throughout the body.
  • Find out how a diet rich in vitamins and minerals prevents disease.

    • The amount needed to prevent deficiencies will be presented along with optimum amounts. The information is based upon the teacher's recent textbook from McGraw-Hill—Vitamins and Minerals Demystified. Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9-5pm, with a lunch break.

     

    Chocolate, Coffee and Antioxidants

    This two-hour workshop will look at two of our favorite stimulating substances. Are these fun foods good for us? This is a colorful slide show showing how coffee beans and cacao pods are made into all the products we know and love!

     

  • See how the raw plants are processed into coffee and chocolate bars.
  • Find out about common additives in chocolate bars.
  • Explore the properties of slippery, sweet cocoa butter.
  • Is coffee good for your health or detrimental?
  • Learn more about how stimulants work.
  • Compare antioxidants, caffeine, and bioflavonoids.
  • What about antioxidants in red wine and green tea?
  • What are antioxidants and how do they work?
  • Find out more about polyphenols in coffee and chocolate.
  • Discover some little-known plant stimulants!

    • Come explore the different healthful qualities of chocolate and coffee. We will look at how these stimulants trigger the “fight or flight” reaction. We will look at other plant stimulants, such as ginseng, that have different actions and health effects. Monday, October 27, 2008, 5:30- 8:30 pm.

     

     

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