Stanford University
Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy Cooking Specialization
Stanford University

Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy Cooking Specialization

Make Mindful, Sustainable Food Choices & Cook . Learn strategies and skills for protecting your health and the health of the planet.

Maya Adam, MD

Instructor: Maya Adam, MD

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8

(493 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Make more environmentally sustainable food choices

  • Eat mindfully and rebuild your relationship with food

  • Cook using simple, fresh ingredients for health and enjoyment

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Specialization - 3 course series

Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food

Course 18 hours4.9 (320 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to practice mindful eating or food mindfulness.

  • How to practice self-compassion and rebuild your relationship with food.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Practice self-compassion with regard to your eating behaviors and food choices.
Category: Observe your own unique eating patterns and identify areas of improvement.
Category: Rebuild your relationship with food by learning to genuinely love the foods that will support your health in the long term.
Category: Devise a customized plan for optimizing your eating patterns.
Category: Practice food mindfulness or mindful eating on a day-to-day basis.

Introduction to Food and Our Environment

Course 25 hours4.8 (160 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to eat in a way that optimizes your health and the health of the planet, making the most of the resources available to you.

  • You will also learn how to be an environmentally-conscious consumer, whether you’re at the grocery store or eating out.

Skills you'll gain

Category: How you can alter your consumption of protein to optimize your health and the health of the environment
Category: How to navigate the egg section (understanding terms like free range and pasture raised)
Category: How to choose more sustainably raised meat and chicken when shopping at the supermarket (if you eat these foods)
Category: How to reduce food waste
Category: How to identify sustainably caught (or farmed) fish and seafood

Cooking for Busy Healthy People

Course 311 hours4.6 (134 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to cook using a principle-based approach so that you can make healthy food with whatever is available in your kitchen and in your region.

  • Learn how to prepare plant-forward meals that will delight you and protect your health.

  • Make it easier to cook regularly, by having the right ingredients on hand.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Creating sensible and delightful desserts
Category: Shopping for and storing produce with sustainability in mind
Category: Building a balanced meal
Category: Cooking vegetables in ways that will delight
Category: Applying moderation and variety to your meals

Instructor

Maya Adam, MD
Stanford University
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