What is Culinary Medicine?

Culinary medicine is actually not a new concept because knowing that what we eat affects our health is not a new concept. It may be an emerging field in western medicine today however, let’s take a look back at history. Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”  And Thomas Edison centuries later chimed in with. "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his [or her] patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."  Culinary medicine helps to do just that- ensure that our diet is helping us to prevent disease rather than create it.  That means taking less medication by simply changing your relationship with your food, your eating and your cooking habits. Culinary medicine is about empowering people with the knowledge and skills to make sustainable changes to their overall health and lives!!