A nutrition seminar featuring low-fat and low-cholesterol cooking to develop a healthy lifestyle will begin Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The five sessions will cover nutritious breakfasts, meatless main dishes, low-fat sauces and gravies, naturally sweet desserts and a study on ways of preventing health problems.

The sessions will focus on cooking creative dishes that avoid fats, sugar and oil.

Christine Long, the course instructor, said: "People are often frustrated when their doctors tell them to cut down on their fat, cholesterol and sugar. They are often at a loss to know how to do that."

Each session includes demonstrations, tasting and a video lecture. Each participant will receive a manual containing recipes and explaining the main points in each lecture. The lectures will be given on video cassettes by physicians from Weimar Institute Health Center of near Sacramento, Calif.

The class will be limited in size. Cost is $10. Call 335-8445 or 651-3132 to enroll.