Livingston Parish nutrition agent offers many classes | Baker

Tramayne Richardson, the household shopper science and vitamin agent in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes, can host courses on many vitamin subjects.

Richardson has a bachelors of science in vitamin and dietetics and certifications in private coaching and culinary arts.

She may be reached at [email protected] or (225) 963-6344.

Richardson mentioned classes are designed to be taught in individual with hands-on actions, discussions and recipe tasting. But classes may be tailored to the clientele, together with on-line or in-person following COVID-19 protocols. Many courses have a small payment to cowl provides.

Classes embrace:

Dining with Diabetes

This is a five-part sequence that helps adults in danger or residing with Type 2 diabetes learn to handle their situation by meal planning, label studying, and portion management. The 5 classes are: “What is Diabetes?”; “Carbohydrates and Sweeteners”; “Fats and Sodium”; Vitamins, Minerals and Fiber”; and a reunion with a visitor speaker.

Small Changes, Healthy Habits

This four-part sequence seems at enhancing well being and vitamin by small modifications. The targets are modest, wholesome, long-term modifications in each food plan and bodily exercise. All classes embrace discussions, actions and meals tastings.

Smart Portions

This eight-part way of life weight management program teaches wholesome consuming utilizing the MyPlate meals teams and correct portion sizes. Regular bodily exercise and concentrate on a wholesome weight are keys to success. Lessons embrace sensible parts, dietary meal planning, bodily exercise, habits, consuming out and shallowness.

Break Up with Salt

The four-part lesson sequence is aimed to assist adults in danger for or with hypertension (hypertension) handle blood stress ranges by objective setting, food plan, vitamin label studying, portion management and cooking. Lessons embrace easy methods to detect, right and defend; DASH food plan and label studying; a digital grocery retailer tour; and mastering meals with taste.

Let’s Eat for the Health of It

An eight-part sequence developed by the LSU AgCenter, this teaches the significance of MyPlate meals teams, meals security, hand-washing, bodily exercise and meals greenback administration. Lessons embrace vegatables and fruits; dairy; grains; protein; fat, sugar, sodium; meals greenback administration — meals security; and bodily exercise.

Various vitamin subjects

Richardson can current quite a lot of one-session classes. Ideas embrace small kitchen home equipment: easy methods to air fry or use an electrical stress cooker; meals for mind well being; Mediterranean food plan; and meal prepping.