Faculty Lecture Series Oct. 11

You are invited to the next talk in the Faculty Lecture Series.

Feasting for Longevity

By Elisabeth DeSwart, MS RD

Thursday, October 11, 3-4 pm

Room 4028

 

Description

• Explore thriving longevity communities from around the world, & what they share.
• Take a peek into their gardens, & in their family recipe books, believed to contribute to their health & vitality.
• View current case control, epidemiological and archaeological research supporting these longevity community traditions.
• Sample one of their flavorful dishes, prepared with fresh local produce.
• Please feel free to bring any nutrition questions & quandaries.  Discussion encouraged!

 

About the Speaker

Elisabeth DeSwart is a Registered Dietitian (RD). She enjoys teaching nutrition, food science and culinary arts at Cuesta College, Cal Poly, and in the community.  DeSwart was awarded a Master of Science degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University, and completed a dietetic internship at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  As a dietitian, she has worked in hospitals providing nutrition education (acute, sub-acute, long term, diabetic, renal, outpatients, staff), facilitating committees, managing food service, and creating therapeutic patient menus and staff wellness menus. DeSwart continues to work with children. She interviewed school children countywide for a UC Berkeley nutrition research study in San Diego, California, and teaches culinary nutrition courses over the summer for Cuesta College for Kids in SLO, and Kitchen Kid in Santa Monica, California.

Before becoming a dietitian, DeSwart was a chef for children and adults, specializing in therapeutic diets.  Her current favorite recipes to prepare are maitake BBQ "skirt steaks," and berry everything.

Check out website FunFoodFeed.com for quarterly articles & recipes!

 

Questions about the lecture should be addressed to Lara Baxley at lbaxley@cuesta.edu