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Culinary Medicine Recipe

Culinary Medicine Recipe

By: Alternative Food Network Inc.
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 If you've ever been told to "eat healthier" and want healthy food to be delicious, this podcast delivers the diced and delectable details. Guest interviews with top chefs, doctors, healthcare visionaries and food service professionals publish on the first Wednesday of the month.

As an added bonus, the podcast includes short practical "bite-size" episodes in English & Spanish with the host in her kitchen sharing tips on how to care for your health with nutritious and enjoyable food.

Tune in to learn why your food choices matter and be inspired to turn great food into powerful medicine.

Elevating the impact of Food as Medicine, Culinary medicine is a new evidence-based field that blends the art of food and cooking with the science of medicine to prevent and treat disease.

Host, Dr. Sabrina Falquier, is a triple board-certified physician and leading culinary medicine expert. She is also bilingual in Spanish and English.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/culinary-medicine-recipe--3467840/support.Copyright Alternative Food Network Inc. Art Cooking Food & Wine Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
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Episodes
  • Culinary Medicine in Action: Dietitian Milette Siler on Canned Foods & Everyday Nutrition

    Culinary Medicine in Action: Dietitian Milette Siler on Canned Foods & Everyday Nutrition
    May 7 2025
    What if everyday pantry staples could help you eat healthier and more affordably, and also free up your time in the kitchen? In this episode, registered dietitian Milette Siler shares why food is medicine is a powerful tool for improving health alongside traditional medicine and pharmacotherapy, and how ingredients like canned tomatoes and canned fruits can play a nutritious role in your meals. Whether you’re aiming to improve your own health or help others do the same, this conversation highlights how smart food choices, even from a can, can support a healthy, balanced diet.

    In this episode you’ll hear:
    2:45 – Why does food as medicine matter?
    7:30 – About Teaching kitchens
    10:15 – Nutrients in fresh vs. canned and frozen foods
    15:30 – How to store fresh herbs
    16:10 – Fiber in canned tomatoes and canned fruits
    19:00 – Are canned fruits healthy?
    21:15 – Should you drain canned fruit?
    25:15 – What to avoid when buying canned fruit
    26:10 – Is there a concern with BPA in canned foods?
    27:30 – Smoothies and satiety
    30:45 – How to build a healthy pantry
    32:30 – What does a dietitian do?
    35:30 – “It’s what we don’t eat that gets us into trouble.”

    Thank you to our sponsor, Pacific Coast Producers.

    Resource:
    • https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jsfa.5849
    CREDITS:
    Host – Dr. Sabrina Falquier, MD, CCMS, DipABLM
    Sound & Editing – Will Crann
    Executive Producer – Esther Garfin

    ©2025 Alternative Food Network Inc.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/culinary-medicine-recipe--3467840/support.
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    39 mins
  • Reducing Inflammation in the Body

    Reducing Inflammation in the Body
    Apr 2 2025
    These seventeen minutes about inflammation are not to be missed. Inflammation is a natural defense mechanism, but chronic inflammation can contribute to heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and more. In this episode, Dr. Falquier breaks down the science of inflammation, exploring why it’s essential for healing, how it can be harmful, and what you can do to keep it in check.

    In this episode you’ll hear:
    1:25 - Chronic inflammation statistics
    2:30 - What is acute inflammation?
    3:10 - Healing acute inflammation
    4:30 - Chronic inflammation causes
    6:10 - Daily cell damage that needs repair
    7:40 - Examples of health problems resulting from cell damage and inflammation
    8:20 - Signs of chronic inflammation
    9:20 - Can you test for chronic inflammation?
    12:30 - Anti-inflammatory foods
    14:50 - How to reduce inflammation in the body recap: a holistic approach

    As referenced in the episode:

    Audio - Healthy Eating Plate: Your Guide to Balanced Meals
    Video - What's On Your Plate

    Credits:
    Host - Dr. Sabrina Falquier, MD, CCMS, DipABLM
    Sound and Editing - Will Crann
    Executive Producer - Esther Garfin

    ©2025 Alternative Food Network Inc.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/culinary-medicine-recipe--3467840/support.
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    17 mins
  • How Hands-On Garden Education is Transforming Communities

    How Hands-On Garden Education is Transforming Communities
    Mar 19 2025
    What if a garden could change lives? As part of Podcasthon, we’re spotlighting Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center, a non-profit dedicated to inspiring youth and adults to be healthy and active citizens through organic gardening, environmental stewardship, and nutrition education.

    In this episode you’ll hear:
    1:40 – About Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center.
    2:15 – The journey to becoming a Kitchenista.
    8:45 – How Olivewood Gardens began.
    9:45 – Opportunities for Kitchenistas post-graduation.
    17:00 – Giving back to the Olivewood community.

    Referenced in the episode:
    • Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center
    • Podcasthon

    Credits:
    Host - Dr. Sabrina Falquier, MD, CCMS, DipABLM
    Sound and Editing - Will Crann
    Executive Producer - Esther Garfin

    ©2025 Alternative Food Network Inc.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/culinary-medicine-recipe--3467840/support.
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    24 mins

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