Free Webinar: Eating Well Through and Beyond Cancer
Wednesday January 21st 11 AM PT/2 PM ET
Join health supportive chef, culinary translator, musician, and oncology nurse Laura Pole to learn what a whole foods plant-based diet really is and some basic principles to help you adapt this way of eating to your current state of health. We’ll go beyond fleeting New Year’s resolutions to “eat healthy” and explore “eating for a lifetime.” “Chefnurcian” Laura hopes you’ll find this presentation deliciously fun, interesting, and useful.
A recording will be sent after the event for those who can’t make it live.
About Laura
Laura Pole, Director of Smith Center’s Nourishment Education Programs, has served as the head retreat chef and nurse consultant since 1997. She is an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Integrative Oncology Navigator with over 45 years experience in caring for people with serious illness. She is also a certified Health Supportive Chef and a culinary translator, who learned how to cook at the apron strings of Creole and Cajun cooks in her southwest Louisiana hometown. She is a professional musician and tends to “fold in” music and movement into her programs.
Her popular cooking classes are centered on culinary translation: that is, helping participants translate a diet prescription to a plate of nourishing delicious food. Laura spearheaded Smith Center’s project to create Soul Savory, a cookbook of healthy and delicious African American and African heritage foods.
She co-created and presented Smith Center’s workshop for oncology dieticians and chefs on Culinary Translation in Cancer Care. Laura is the founder of Eating for a Lifetime, a consulting business dedicated to teaching individuals and professionals about health supportive eating and food preparation.
In addition to Laura’s work with nourishment, she is the co-coordinator of Smith Center’s Patient Navigation Training in Integrative Cancer Care. In addition, Laura is Senior Clinical Consultant for CancerChoices.org, a free, evidence-based website providing information and guidance to people with cancer, their caregivers, and health professionals on integrative cancer care.