Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen will host a free health education program on cancer-fighting foods.
Cancer-Fighting Benefits of Soup will be Thurs., March 20 at 5 p.m. at The Griffin Center for Healthy Living at Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road, Oxford. In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Month, former executive director of Massaro Farm and sustainable nutrition expert Caty Poole will demonstrate the basics of making vegetable, chicken and bone stock at home while discussing research that discovered how the principle components of chicken soup promote white blood cells that consume bacteria and viruses capable of infectious diseases.
Space is limited for this event, so registration is required. Visit www.griffinhealth.org/events-calendar/benefits-of-soup or call The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369 to sign up.
The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen is part of Griffin’s commitment to the Planetree patient-centered care model, which promotes greater well-being in communities through access to health information and assistance in helping individuals address the social determinants of health such as access to fresh nutritious foods and how to prepare them.