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La Comida Como Medicina 10/27/25

TCNJ WLC. La Comida Como Medicina. Food as Medicine: Eating for Personal and Planetary Health. Monday, October 27 | 5:30. Bliss 229. This presentation will be given in Spanish. Inflammation is at the core of many chromic conditions including high cholesterol, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Dr. Maria Benito will explore the role of anti-inflammatory foods, ways of eating, and fasting to decrease inflammation, enhance well-being, and improve health. She will also review the current scientific evidence on the health concerns of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Dr. Maria (Adi) Benito is a specialist in endocrinology (University of Pennsylvania) and integrative medicine (University of Arizona). She has a private practice in integrative endocrinology and is on the faculty of the University of Arizona.

Our guest presenter, Dr. Maria Benito, will be hosting a talk about the connection between inflammatory food and chronic pain on October 27th, 2025 at 5:30PM in Bliss Annex 229. She lead the presentation in Spanish on ways to eat that can help decrease inflammation. Contact wlc@tcnj.edu with any questions.

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School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social Sciences Building, Room 302
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628

609.771.3434
hss@tcnj.edu

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