Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition Series
| Date: | Wednesdays, May 1, 8, 15 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. |
| Cost: | Free; registration necessary. |
| Location: | Room 176 |
Join Mary Jo Costello, MPM, RDN, to learn the basics of plant-based diets, sorting fact from fiction as it relates to optimal nutrition.
May 1 – Reality Check, Basic Nutrition Education
May 8 – Health Risk Reduction through Nutrition
May 15 – Practical Application, What Do I Eat?
Nutrition science suggests that a plant-based diet may help to prevent or manage a number of important chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, certain cancers, and obesity. The diet may also help with overall physical and mental well-being.
M J Costello believes that optimal health and well-being can result from our most important life skill, eating well. Her passion for teaching about nutrition comes from a lifelong pursuit of education, research, counseling, measuring, and observing the outcomes of nutrition on people’s lives.
Mary Jo holds a Master of Public Management, Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor of Science in dietetics, Drexel University. MJ is a Registered Dietitian and holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell. She is a Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve, and has diverse global experience as a Navy dietitian and food service officer for 22 years, including a six-month mobilization for Operation Desert Storm.
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