Dietician offers classes on healthy eating

Dietitian Norma Thompson will offer “Healthy Alternatives to Pharmaceutical Drugs.” To register, call (847) 659-1295. There will be three identical sessions this summer and fall in the community room at Citizens First National Bank, Huntley. It will be offered from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, June 6-27, Aug. 1-22 and Sept. 12 to Oct. 3. Some topics to be covered include: why some drugs simply cover symptoms and how they harm the body; why diets which are based on government food pyramid don't work; the importance of whole food; no fats, bad fats and good fats; the most important food on earth for healing; how to properly read a label when you shop; sugar and carbohydrates; the blood sugar factor; and grains and gluten factor.