In Episode 1 of Eat Right for Your Sight, Jennifer Trainer Thompson is joined by occupational therapist, Beth Daisy, to create easy breakfast recipes for macular degeneration and also demonstrate how low vision cooking aids can empower kitchen independence.
Beth Daisy, MS, OTRL, CAPS, is a low vision occupational therapist from Future In Sight. She is a wealth of knowledge on the emotional and practical aspects of cooking with low vision. She demonstrates multiple tools and tricks for safety and accessibility accommodations in the kitchen, and highlights low vision cooking aids. She emphasizes the importance of maintaining cooking skills to preserve a sense of self.
Host Jennifer Trainer Thompson leads the AMD nutrition discussion through the preparation of a Banana Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie, a Spinach Omelet and Overnight Groats.
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All recipes in “Eat Right For Your Sight” are based on AMDF’s cookbook of the same name, co-authored by Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM, and by journalist, author and filmmaker, Jennifer Trainer Thompson, who hosts the series.