May 8: SFVS - Tri Valley Potluck

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POTLUCKS & LECTURESTri-Valley Vegetarian Society Lecture & PotluckCo-Sponsored with San Francisco Vegetarian SocietySaturday, May 8, 2010, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.San Ramon Library100 Montgomery StreetSan Ramon CA 94583Potluck Guidelines: Each person is to bring a Vegetarian (plant-based and non-dairy items are greatly preferred) or Raw/Living Foods - appetizers, entrees, or desserts to feed at least 5 persons. Suggested Donation: $5 per person to help cover the costs of rent, beverages, utensils and additional food.$12 if no food is brought. Children are welcome and eat for

free.RSVP: 925-989-1811 or e-mail: Lisa <LisaGuest Speaker: Dr. Douglass Husbands (DC)Lecture Topic: Gut Health = Great Health!Why Gastrointestinal Tract function is so important , how it influencesthe health of our whole body, and what we can do to improve or maintaingood GI health.Dr. Husbands has been helping people resolve chronic illness and improvetheir health in California for over 18 years. He has worked in health carefor over 25 years. He is one of the best trained holistic doctors in the U.S. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.S. degree inBiology/Human Physiology in 1983. In 1991, he graduated from ClevelandChiropractic

College of Los Angeles and became a Doctor of Chiropractic.In 1996, he earned his post-graduate board certification as a CertifiedClinical Nutritionist with the International and American Associations ofClinical Nutritionists, and in 2000, he became a certified Anti-AgingHealth Care Practitioner with the American Board of Anti-Aging HealthPractitioners. In 2003, he became a Functional Medicine physician aftercompleting training at the Institute for Functional Medicine.Prior to becoming a Chiropractor in 1991, he worked in Sports Medicine.With his Functional Medicine training, he has the knowledge to stop and/or reversevarious disease processes. His bodybuilding and exercise trainer experience provides him with hands-on knowledge to help the healing process.His clinic is located in San Carlos and he offers phone consultations for

those outside SF Bay area.

Potluck & Free Lecture “The Nutrition Prescription†Part II by Dr. Don Forrester (Retired MD from Kaiser, Sacramento)

Saturday, May 8, Hors d’oeuvres 6:30 p.m.; Dinner 7:00

p.m. Free Lecture 8:00 p.m. IOA, 3600 Geary Boulevard, between Palm & Arguello

Avenue, San Francisco

$1 suggested donation for members & their guests with

food for 10;$2 for non-members with food, enough for 10. $10 without food.

For

more information: 415-273-5481. Dr.

Forrester will be giving Part II of his well received lecture in April. He is well versed in the topics having

worked as a physician over 30 years.

Dr. Forrester received his BS with High Honors in chemical Engineering,

in June 1970 and subsequently worked for National Institutes of Health as a

Chemical Engineer where he wrote general computer programs and co-authored three

publications. He graduated from

Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1975, was a Family Practice

Resident at UC Davis for three years and a staff physician for the Sacramento

Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser) from 1978 to 2008, four years as Chief of

Family Practice managing a 35-physician department, six years as Chief of

Patient Education developing patient education material, and four years as

Chief of Preventive Medicine with 25 nurse practitioners providing urgent care

and over 30,000 physical exams annually.

He retired in November 2008.Dixie MahyPresidentSan Francisco Vegetarian Society