Reads for Eaters
There has been an explosion of food and nutrition related books over the past few years. People ask me all the time what books to read to get up to speed with food. Not to overwhelm you, I taken my top 100 favorite books on the subject and cooked that list down to just 7. [...]
Continue reading »Raising the Food IQ of Docs
photo credit: YoAmes This week, 4th year medical students at New York Medical College learned about inexpensive and highly effective edible tools for healing. Kale, quinoa, ginger, turmeric, garlic and more. They also discovered the power of mindful eating along with the health benefits of good quality dark chocolate. They were horrified to consider the [...]
Continue reading »Food IQ in Medical School: Part 2
As I finish putting together the finishing touches on lecture portion of my class on food for medical students, its time to focus on the really fun part of this class. For a clinical rotation, they’ll be joining me at a supermarket. I want them to understand what their patients deal with on an every [...]
Continue reading »Nutrition Education is Failing Our Kids – It’s Time to Get Our Hands Dirty Instead
Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will understand. ~Chinese proverb The latest research shows that nutrition education is not working! It is ineffective in creating behavior change in getting our kids to eat more veggies. So much time, money and energy has been spent in [...]
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