{"id":73036,"date":"2019-10-16T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=73036"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:59:00","slug":"if-food-is-medicine-why-isnt-it-taught-in-medical-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/if-food-is-medicine-why-isnt-it-taught-in-medical-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"If Food Is Medicine, Why Isn\u2019t It Taught at Medical Schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><em><strong>Students in medical schools across the country spend less than 1 percent of lecture time learning about diet.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Earlier this year, Mount Sinai, the biggest hospital network in New York City,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newfoodeconomy.org\/mount-sinai-food-delivery-epicured-low-fodmap-diet\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">invested in a meal delivery service<\/a>. Though it seemed like an unusual move at the time, the network\u2019s decision makes sense if you consider the intrinsic relationship between food and health\u2014a connection underscored by countless other recent examples of healthcare initiatives that harness diet as a tool to improve well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">At a California rehabilitation facility, for instance, doctors use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newfoodeconomy.org\/culinary-meal-as-medicine-mindful-eating-trauma-anxiety-disorder\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rituals of eating<\/a>&nbsp;to help people recover from trauma. And over the past decade, cities across the country have launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newfoodeconomy.org\/pharmacy-farmers-market-produce-prescription-new-york-city-high-blood-pressure-food-stamps-snap\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cfood prescription\u201d programs<\/a>&nbsp;that incentivize participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers\u2019 markets. A number of nonprofit organizations have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/07\/05\/medically-tailored-meals\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;medically-tailored meal services for people suffering from diet-related diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Mount Sinai, the biggest hospital network in New York City,&nbsp;invested in a meal delivery service. Though it seemed like an unusual move at the time, the network\u2019s decision makes sense if you consider the intrinsic relationship between food and health\u2014a connection underscored by countless other recent examples of healthcare initiatives that harness diet as a tool to improve well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":70270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2,8],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If Food Is Medicine, Why Isn\u2019t It Taught at Medical Schools? - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/if-food-is-medicine-why-isnt-it-taught-in-medical-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Food Is Medicine, Why Isn\u2019t It Taught at Medical Schools? - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier this year, Mount Sinai, the biggest hospital network in New York City,&nbsp;invested in a meal delivery service. 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