Tuesday, July 19th at 6:30 PM - Potluck Picnic / Barbeque at Mansfield Hollow State Park and dietary talk with Dr. Steven Blake.
Come enjoy some delicious roasted potatoes, and bring your favorite vegan picnic dish to share. We will try to have a fire for cooking veggy burgers and other treats. Dr. Steven Blake director of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii has travelled across the earth to speak present for us.
If you can, please RSVP via a special Google Doc (link), by emailing pigdog AT gmail DOT com, or by phoning Rohit at 634-0730 in the 860. For directions to Mansfield Hollow State Park, check here. From Route 195, you will want to take Bassetts Bridge Road.
Please note that in case of rain or other inclement weather, we will cancel the event. This website will be updated.
Description: This interactive talk will look at the interesting and controversial dietary fats and oils. There is no doubt that eating the wrong dietary fats and oils can cause widespread disease. What makes a dietary oil good? What makes one bad? We will consider vitamin E content and essential fatty acids. Which foods have saturated fats? You might be surprised to learn where trans fatty acids are commonly found. What about coconut oil? We will explore the sources and effects of the essential fatty acids as they are transformed into eicosanoids. Dr. Steve Blake finished a book on dietary fats and oils in 2010, available free on his website: www.NaturalHealthWizards.com
Dr. Steven Blake's Bio: Steve Blake has a doctorate in holistic health, a doctorate in naturopathic medicine, and is a neuromuscular therapist. He offers classes at the University of Hawaii VITEC program and is visiting faculty at the Maui Academy of Healing Arts. He has formulated vitamin lines for Spectrum and Rainbow Light. He lives on an organic farm on Maui that is powered by the sun. Dr. Blake is the author of 29 books and software tools, including the 2008 McGraw‐Hill college textbook Vitamins and Minerals Demystified. He has just completed writing a reference book titled Understanding Dietary Fats and Oils: A Scientific Guide to their Health Effects. He has many other major publications including Healing Medicine, which is a constructive critique of modern medicine. He is co‐author of Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 4th Edition and Mosby's 2001 Nursing Drug Reference. He is a professional Member of the American Herbalists Guild. He is well known for his databases on alternative remedies.The largest of these databases has over 168,000 footnotes and has been published by Harcourt Brace as Alternative Medicine. Steve Blake programmed the Diet Doctor 2011, software for graphing dietary nutrients. This cutting‐edge software has been instrumental in researching dietary fats and oils. Dr. Blake lectures widely about the role of nutrition in health. He has taught anatomy & physiology and exercise physiology. He was the director of the Maui Holistic Health Center for seven years. He is often heard on radio and seen on television. He was selected in 2009 by IBC as one of the leading health professionals in the world. He is the Maui Director of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii and meeting coordinator.