Earthsave Canada is very excited to present what we are sure will be our best event yet! If you would like to exhibit at next year’s fair, we have opportunities for you to join us as a restaurant booth or vendor, as well as numerous sponsorship opportunities leading up to and during the event. If you are a non-profit or new local business, please contact us directly regarding payment alternatives and booth sharing at tasteofhealth@earthsave.ca.
13th Annual Taste of Health 2011
Last year's event was a huge success and held at the Yaletown Roundhouse. There were approximately 1000 people in attendance, exposing them to the wonderful world of plant-based living!
Highlights from our vegetarian food fair in 2011
Vendors and Exhibitors
Samples
Door Prizes
Cooking Demos
Restaurant Corner
Speakers
Sarah Taylor, Author of Vegan in 30 Days, will be speaking on how to transition to a vegan diet - no matter what your starting point is. She will offer dozens of practical and useful tips for making a vegan diet easy and achievable. She will discuss how to give up your favorite non-vegan foods without suffering from cravings, how to eat out at restaurants, and how to travel and entertain as a vegan, among other topics.
Join award winning Registered Dietitian Vesanto Melina, co-author of bestselling books: Becoming Raw, Becoming Vegan, The New Becoming Vegetarian, Raising Vegetarian Children, The Raw Food Revolution Diet, and The Food Allergy Survival Guide for an update on how to keep yourself in superb health on a plant-based diet. Enjoy an update on protein power from plant foods, bone building without a drop of dairy, getting reliable sources of vitamin B12, including the good fats in your menus, and keeping your blood sugar level between meals without resorting to vegan junk food.
- Adam Hart: Discovering the Power of Food - 2:45 – 3:45
Did you know there are only two types of food we eat? For many of us food is very confusing. This confusion makes it very difficult for you to be able to avoid sickness and disease. During Adam's presentation you will engage in a number of enlightening exercises designed to decrease your confusion around food and enable you to avoid unwanted illness.
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- Become familiar with the 5 key super foods for increased cellular health
- Discover the 2 key secrets to your immune system to prevent diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
- Bobby Parmar: Alkaline Diet - 4:00 – 4:45
A vegan naturopath born and raised in Vancouver, Bobby obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science Degree (Kinesiology, Psychology and the Humanities) from Simon Fraser University and proceeded to complete a four year program in naturopathic medicine at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto.
As a Naturopathic Doctor, his scope of practice includes: Nutrition, both Western and Eastern Herbology, and Acupuncture. He has a special interest in hormones and has additional certification in treating subclinical hypothyroidism (Wilson's Temperature Syndrome).
The Bike Valet sponsored by Clif Bar.
