The Lower Mills Spring Health Fair was held on May 1st at Boston Housing Authority in Dorchester Center. Standish Village of Lower Mills, an Assisted Living & Memory Support Community, conducted a Brain Healthy Cooking demonstration featuring salmon cakes with sun-dried tomato aioli. Brain Healthy Cooking is Standish Village’s award-winning nutrition program that brings residents at their community delicious, taste-tested brain healthy choices on their daily menus. It is largely based on the popular and well-researched Mediterranean diet, and features “brain healthy foods” such as dark berry fruits, leafy green vegetables, whole grains, herbs, spices, fish and seafood. Following this diet has been linked to a host of health benefits including reduced inflammation, regulated blood sugar, heart health and may even delay symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more and find easy-to-make recipes at www.BrainHealthyCooking.com.
Pictured above: Julie Platz (left), Executive Director , and Jason Fitch (right), Director of Dining, put on a cooking demo at the first Lower Mills Health Fair.