Meet Our Educator Akua Woolbright, PhD

MARCH
MARCH CLASSES
MARCH 3RD 12PM - 1PM & 6PM - 7PM
Caring for the Female Reproductive System
MARCH 17TH 12PM - 1PM & 6PM - 7PM
Combating Food Cravings
MARCH 26TH 6PM - 8PM
Vegan Soul Food
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Instructor: Culinary Kisses
Women will learn which foods help to nourish their
bodies and keep them healthy and happy from menses
to menopause.
Come learn why dieting and willpower won’t work, and how
to eat and lose weight at the same time. We will examine
the biological reasons we crave high calorie foods, and the
steps we can take to turn these cravings off.
Culinary Kisses will demonstrate how to make tasty vegan
soul and comfort foods the entire family will enjoy.
MARCH 4TH 12PM - 1PM
Gluten-Free Awareness
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Dr. Akua will share her observations about gluten,
and teach you how to make better choices.
R
REGISTRATION
REQUIRED
Interested in a class? Registration is required for all classes.
Please RSVP by e-mailing Dr. Akua Woolbright.
[email protected]
$ COST
All classes listed will be free of charge.
LOCATION
All classes will be held in the Whole Foods Market Teaching
Kitchen located at 3670 Woodward Avenue, Suite 103-B.
The Kitchen is a separate facility from the store, located directly
on Woodward between Mack and Parson next door to the Bank
of America.
PARKING
To avoid being ticketed or towed during class, please avoid parking
in the store’s parking lot. Parking can be found on the street or
directly behind the kitchen in the Wayne State University parking
structure. WSU parking stubs will be validated.
MARCH 11TH 12PM - 1PM
Strength and Conditioning
Instructor: Aaron Scott, Crossfit Benchmark Workouts
& Team 83 Elite Athletics
Participants will learn about body mechanics awareness,
and how to increase their core strength, flexibility
and mobility.
*Bring a towel, wear comfortable shoes and clothes,
and come prepared to EXERCISE!
MARCH 12TH 12PM - 1PM & 6PM - 8PM
Help! I Can’t Boil Water!
Instructor: Chef Robert Taylor, Whole Foods Market
In this BEGINNERS’ class, students will learn very
basic cooking techniques like how to dice vegetables,
separate and scramble an egg, make an omelet,
steam vegetables, and more.
MARCH 13TH 11:30AM - 12:30PM & 1PM - 2PM
Ask the Nutritionist
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Bring your lunch and your nutrition questions, and
meet Dr. Akua in the Store’s upstairs Community Room.
Space limited to 15 guests for these small sessions
with the nutritionist.
MARCH 18TH 12PM - 1PM
Nutrition Rainbow
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Akua will discuss the nutritional benefits of building each
meal around a rainbow of colorful plant-foods. Students will
learn which nutrients are found in specific colors.
MARCH 20TH 12PM - 1PM
Super Foods and Raw Desserts
MARCH 27TH 12PM - 1PM & 6PM - 8PM
Seafood Made Easy
Instructor:The Epicurean Group
& Whole Foods Market Detroit’s Seafood Team
Come learn about Whole Foods Market’s seafood
sustainability rating system and what we do to make sure
you are getting the safest, healthiest and best quality
seafood available. Following the brief discussion,
The Epicurean Group will show you some tricks for making
quick and mouthwatering seafood dishes at home.
Instructor: Gari Freeman, Whole Foods Market
Learn more about nutrient-dense foods and how to add
them to your daily diet. Gari will also teach us how to make
delicious raw chocolates.
MARCH 22ND 10AM - 11:30AM
Decoding Food Labels
Instructor: Dr. Akua Woolbright
Participants will learn how to accurately read food labels
and make wiser food choices. This class is interactive with
participants reading labels and presenting their findings to
the group (includes field trip to store for scavenger hunt).
MARCH 24TH 12PM - 1PM & 6PM - 8PM
Help! I Can’t Separate An Egg!
Instructor: Whole Foods Market Detroit’s Bakery Team
In this BEGINNERS’ baking class, participants will learn
very basic techniques like how to separate an egg, as well as
whip, beat, mix, and balance baking ingredients to make
simple products like homemade cornbread, cookie and cake
batters. You CAN try this at home!
Meet Our Educator
Akua Woolbright, PhD
Community Health and Wellness Educator, Whole Foods Market
Akua Woolbright is an expert in
teaching people how to use plantbased foods to help prevent and
reverse disease. Dr. Woolbright
came to Detroit almost 2-years ago
from the corporate offices of Whole
Foods Market in Austin, TX where
she helped to create Health Starts
Here, the company’s healthy eating
program. Akua conducts healthy
eating classes for company executives and team members, customers,
and community organizations.
Prior to joining Whole Foods Market in 2009, Dr. Woolbright lived in
Washington, D.C., where she received her PhD in nutritional science from
Howard University and worked as a public health nutritionist in the areas
of breastfeeding promotion, cancer prevention and survival, HIV/AIDS
treatment, weight loss, asthma, and international childhood malnutrition.