Upcoming Workshops
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, New York City
Nutrion to increase energy levels
Managing Stress Levels and Reducing Cravings
This talk with New York Nutritionist and Registered Pharmacist, Barbara Mendez, RPh, MS will address how to use nutrition as a way to increase energy and stamina while helping to manage stress levels. Topics that will be covered include:
- Understanding the food-mood connection
- Managing stress before it happens by maximizing nutrition
- How to best start the day for maximum energy and stamina
- How caffeine and sugar may be short term fixes that lead to long term disaster
- Best afternoon snacks to finish your day on a high note
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Location: Association of Legal Administrators
Thursday, October 27, 2011, New York City
Nutrion to increase energy levels
Managing Stress Levels and Reducing Cravings
This talk with New York Nutritionist and Registered Pharmacist, Barbara Mendez, RPh, MS will address how to use nutrition as a way to increase energy and stamina while helping to manage stress levels. Topics that will be covered include:
- Understanding the food-mood connection
- Managing stress before it happens by maximizing nutrition
- How to best start the day for maximum energy and stamina
- How caffeine and sugar may be short term fixes that lead to long term disaster
- Best afternoon snacks to finish your day on a high note
Date & Time: Thursday, October 27, 2011
Location: Queens County Bar Association
Summer 2011, New York City
The Healthy Vegan
A Yoga and Nutrition Workshop with Lisa Dawn Angerame and Barbara Mendez, RPh MS at Jivamukti Yoga, NYC
Join Certified Jivamukti teacher Lisa Dawn Angerame and Nutritional Consultant Barbara Mendez for this informative and fun workshop where we will practice asana and then discuss the lifestyle of a healthy vegan. To be vegan is to practice ahimsa, one of the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga. As our dear teachers tell us, few know that the welfare of all beings is the link to peace. To practice a vegan diet is to contribute to the happiness in all the world.
In our experience, many people have become vegan or want to become vegan but have questions: how will i get my protein? will i still have energy? what can i eat besidesvegetables? Lisa Dawn will teach a detoxifying asana class and then following a healthy snack, Barbara will give us a nutrition lecture, complete with handouts and q and a, where she will debunk the myths our culture has created so you can create a healthy vegan lifestyle for yourself!
Date & Time: Summer 2011, Exact Date TBA
Location: Jivamukti Yoga School, 841 Broadway, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10003
Cost: $40 in advance or $45 the day of workshop.
Registration: Please email info@jivamuktiyoga.com to sign up for this workshop.
Past Workshops & Events
Tuesdays, May 31 - June 28, 2011
5 Week Therapeutic Nutrition Series
Therapeutic Nutrition for Chronic Illnesses and Everyday Ailments with Barbara Mendez, RPh MS at the New York Open Center
In this 5 week series, Barbara Mendez will share strategies to manage our health through our diet and therapeutic nutrition. She will cover five of the most common types of chronic conditions for which medications are typically prescribed and lay out easy-to-follow programs that can help us minimize our need for medications. More than simply offering an alternative approach, Barbara takes this opportunity to delve into and discuss the chemical and biological stories behind the medications, the foods and their interactions with our bodies in a way that can be appreciated and understood by the both the lay person and nutrition professional alike. Barbara's background in traditional medicine and transition to nutritionist provides her with a truly unique perspective and the solid knowledge-base for addressing these ever more prevalent conditions and their nutrition solutions.
Topics to be discussed will be: elevated cholesterol, digestive disorders, depression, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Weight management, energy sustenance and the topic of nutritional supplementation will also be discussed so that at the end of the series we will have built momentum for adopting habits towards creating vibrant health. Come discover how to eat better, feel better and take charge of your own health!
Location: The New York Open Center, 22 E. 30th St., NY, NY 10016, Tel: 212.219.2527
Course Information: 10FHN07T Approved for CEUs
Monday, May 16, 2011, New York City
Mental Health, Addiction and Nutrition
Nutrition to Reduce Cravings for Addictive Substances
This evening's lecture will outline how proper nutrition can help contribute to feelings of wellbeing thereby improving mood, reduce anxiety and control cravings for addictive substances. Barbara Mendez will review how depression and anxiety develop, how addiction takes hold in the mind and body and how to incorporate a lifestyle that can help lead you to balance, harmony and optimal wellness. A short discussion on how vitamin supplementation may help stabilize mood, reduce cravings and rebuild the body will also be covered.
Date & Time: Monday, May 16th, 2011, 6:00pm
Location: New York Bar Association
May 18-20, 2011, Malibu, CA
From Nutrition Prescription to the Nourishing KitcheN
Creating a seamless conversation between nutrition therapy, food education and culinary guidance. An applied integrative culinary-nutrition workshop for food, nutrition, health professionals
Whether you are a seasoned integrative practitioner, a practitioner seeking to broaden your skills, a practitioner or health educator curious to learn more about this fascinating "food as medicine" application of nutrition science to food and health outcomes, this experiential workshop is for you.
Through a variety of presentations and case studies to guide learning, spend three days learning how integrative nutrition experts combine nutrition therapy with culinary guidance to address common health problems. Work on a series of case studies in a supportive, small group environment to apply integrative culinary-nutrition knowledge to health problems. Receive feedback, encouragement, mentoring and guidance. Learn how to build a whole foods kitchen and to cook with ingredients to maximize vitality. Create recipes, menus and educational tools that match the kitchen, cooking abilities and lifestyle needs of every client you serve. Leave with new ideas, approaches, enthusiasm and inspiration for all that you do in food and nutrition.
Featured Integrative Nutrition Experts: Mary Beth Augustine, R.D., Barbara Mendez, R.Ph. M.S., Jeanne Peters, R.D., Whole Foods Culinary Expert Jill Nussinow, M.S. R.D. The event will be hosted by Amanda Archibald, R.D. of Field to Plate.
Date, Time & Location: May 18-20, 2011, Malibu, CA
Information: Please click here for more details about this experiential workshop
Saturday, March 5, 2011, New York City
Pharmaceutical Drugs vs. Therapeutic Nutrition
How to Make Informed, Holistic Decisions, with Barbara Mendez, RPh MS at the New York Open Center
This evening we will tackle the difficult issue of deciding whether or not to take prescription medications when we have chronic health problems. When is it appropriate to follow conventional drug regimens? When might “alternative” approaches be more productive? And, at times, might both be used simultaneously? We will look at a range of options other than medications, including a number of foods, supplements, and holistic treatments, and, as a group, choose a few ailments (such as thyroid or cholesterol issues, for example) that we want to focus on more specifically.
Date & Time: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Location: The New York Open Center, 22 E. 30th St., NY, NY 10016, Tel: 212.219.252
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
SKYPE LECTURE
Multiple Myeloma Support Group
This evening Barbara will be discussing the management and prevention of cancer in general and Multiple Myeloma in particular to a support group located in Pittsburgh, PA. Topics discussed will include:
~ Inflammation as a precursor to cancer
~ How diet plays a role in cancer management and prevention
~ Supplements that can be used during treatment and those that should be avoided
~ Supplements to support healthy immune function post treatment
~ Exercise as a tool for improving immune function
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
January 17 ~ April 15, 2011
The Harvard Club of New York
Twelve Week Crimson Healthy Weight Loss Camp
The Crimson Healthy Weight Loss Camp is a professionally supervised 12 week fitness and weight loss program that is designed to help you reach your individual goals. Led by Mark Rodino, HCNY Fitness Pro and Barbara Mendez, licensed Nutritionist, Pharmacist and founder of Lifestyle Nutrients.
Date: January 17 through April 15, 2011
Location: The Harvard Club of New York, 35 West 44th St, New York, NY 10036
Saturday, January 15, 2011
New Year's Health & Wellness Seminar
3E Productions and ACQC Presents a Wellness Seminar with Nutrition Lecture by Barbara Mendez, RPh MS
The AIDS Center of Queens County is the largest borough-wide community based non-profit organization here in NYC. More than 16,000 Queens residents are currently living with HIV/AIDS. ACQC needs your help.The Health and Wellness Seminar is a charitable benefit. There will be several presenters discussing the importance of exercise, diet, and stress reduction. Nutritionist Barbara Mendez will present the nutrition component for this event which will focus on the connection between food and mood, obesity and the truth about sugar - within the overview of a holistic approach to health via nutrition and a healthy perspective.
Location: ACQC, 161-21 Jamaica Avenue, 6th Floor, Jamaica, NY, 11432
November 10 – December 15, 2010
5 Week Therapeutic Nutrition Series
Therapeutic Nutrition for Chronic Illnesses and Everyday Ailments with Barbara Mendez, RPh MS at the New York Open Center
In this 5 week series, Barbara Mendez will share strategies to manage our health through our diet and therapeutic nutrition. She will cover five of the most common types of chronic conditions for which medications are typically prescribed and lay out easy-to-follow programs that can help us minimize our need for medications. More than simply offering an alternative approach, Barbara takes this opportunity to delve into and discuss the chemical and biological stories behind the medications, the foods and their interactions with our bodies in a way that can be appreciated and understood by the both the lay person and nutrition professional alike. Barbara's background in traditional medicine and transition to nutritionist provides her with a truly unique perspective and the solid knowledge-base for addressing these ever more prevalent conditions and their nutrition solutions.
Topics to be discussed will be: elevated cholesterol, digestive disorders, depression, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Weight management, energy sustenance and the topic of nutritional supplementation will also be discussed so that at the end of the series we will have built momentum for adopting habits towards creating vibrant health. Come discover how to eat better, feel better and take charge of your own health!
Location: The New York Open Center, 22 E. 30th St., NY, NY 10016, Tel: 212.219.2527
Course Information: 10FHN07T Approved for CEUs
