Now that we have mentors and facilitators starting their own programs in New Jersey and welcoming new members at their tables, we thought wed start creating our periodic e-news announcing new meetings, sharing member stories and our latest cartoons.

The Suppers Programs table-based support groups help people with health problems related to diet and lifestyle lead healthier lives.  This includes people with depression, anxiety, learning issues, obesity, diabetes, and problems with alcohol.

My personal and professional interests are the health and well being of children and adults, whom I seek to serve by sustaining a grass roots movement to help people become aware of environmental health and connect with nature and their food sources through the growing, preparation, and eating of wholesome foods.

Welcome to Suppers!

Do you actually need scientific studies to confirm that how you feel is an indication of whats going on in your body? If you begin to understand the language your body is speaking, you can do plenty about it to reverse the symptoms.  Just as Lisa did.  Heres an excerpt from her story, Marshmallow Madness:

"The doctor and a cardiologist did some tests EKG, stress echocardiogram, thyroid and confirmed the palpitations and an underlying heart arrhythmia, but could not determine a cause. They said the arrhythmia was not life-threatening, and prescribed beta blockers.

Im a single parent and this just wasnt good enough for meSo I turned to the internet and did a simple search on "heart palpitations." The first results I checked listed three causes and one of those was glucose. This rang a bell because I've always had a feeling I was sensitive to sugar. If I eat a donut in the morning for breakfast, I have brain fog the entire day. So I decided to do my own test and stop eating sugar and starch. And although I had a lot to learn, I began to feel better"

For anyone interested, we have several ongoing and new Suppers Meetings and programs scheduled for the upcoming months.  Please call the numbers listed below or write me at DorATSuppersforDOTorg

Suppers General Meeting:  For those with challenges related to blood sugar and mood chemistry: depression, anxiety, learning issues, obesity, diabetes and problems with alcohol.
Princeton: 609 683 8309 Mondays Ongoing  11:30 Cooking 12:30 Lunch Meeting

Suppers for Stable Blood Sugar: For anyone with sugar addiction, Type 2 diabetes and those who are at risk of becoming diabetic if they do not change their lifestyle.
Princeton: 609 273 0862 Wednesdays Ongoing 11:30 Cooking 12:30 Lunch Meeting

NEW Suppers for Stable Blood Sugar: For anyone with sugar addiction, Type 2 diabetes, and those who are at risk of becoming diabetic
Princeton:  609 683 8309 Wednesdays Starting April 1 6:00 7:30 Cook and Meet over Dinner

Suppers for Stable Blood Sugar:  For Adults living with Type 1 Diabetes
Princeton:  609 273 0862 First Mondays of Each Month Type 1Diabetes Ongoing 6:00 7:30   Cook and Meet over Dinner
 
NEW Suppers General Meeting: For anyone with challenges related to blood sugar and mood chemistry:  depression, anxiety, learning issues, obesity, diabetes, and problems with alcohol.
South Bound Brook:  732 356 5051 Tuesdays Meets mid-day every other week. Call for details

NEW Suppers/Vegan Meeting:
Montgomery:  732 713 8942 Thursdays Weekly starting April, call for details 11:30 Cook and Meet over Lunch
   
Suppers for Families with ADHD: Serving families with ADHD children.  8 weeks for adults are followed by 4 sessions with children but not parents.
Princeton: 609 683 8309 Tuesdays 12 Weeks January 27th
Next round in summer 09 6:00 7:30 Cook and Meet over Dinner

Suppers for Sobriety: Serving people who want to make diet and lifestyle changes to make sobriety more doable by including the physical body in their recovery plan.
Princeton:  609 921 0441 Please call for information

Suppers for Teens: Serving teens who want to learn to cook healthy food.
Princeton:  609 921 0441 Please call for information 

The Suppers Program www.SuppersFor.org is a not for profit organization that offers people support groups where they can make good matches between health problems and lifestyle solutions. These might include switching to healthier versions of favorite snacks, using whole foods and sometimes supplements to reduce cravings, eating regularly at the family table, or working on supportive relationships.