Health & Nutrition Program : ComidaVida Tradicional JUSTA has
developed a health and nutrition course for the artisans we work
with and other local indigenous women and mothers around Lake
Atitlan. The course, Comida Vida Tradicional, has the mission to
promote health education and nutrition for women, children, and
families by offering workshops on physical, mental and emotional
nourishment, and to provide natural, sustainable, and accessible
alternatives to unhealthy and processed foods that have replaced
local and traditional foods in the daily diet of indigenous
families in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The course is a five class
series, each class focusing on a different topic. Each class
provides information, discussion time, and a cooking class of
healthy and locally-found economic meals that can be prepared in
the home. The first class highlights the nutrition of fruits and
vegetables, provides natural alternatives to processed white
sugar, and discusses the importance of reading the label when
purchasing