The Food as Medicine Movement Is Gaining Momentum in Dallas
The culinary medicine program targets medical students at UT Southwestern and their future patients.
By Will Maddox
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Healthcare Business
February 8, 2021
9:00 am
The connection between cooking and health goes back at least as far as 1893, but the concept of culinary medicine didn’t become widespread in the world of medical education until the last decade, including a growing program at UT Southwestern.
According to the Global Burden of Disease study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the No. 1 cause associated with US morbidity and mortality was a poor diet. The No. 4 cause was obesity. Sectors of the medical industry are beginning to put their money where their mouth is in recognition of nutrition’s importance. Physicians can prescribe certain foods that can be paid for with insurance for patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and can create medically-tailo
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From its early beginning as a medical college with an emphasis on treating tropical illnesses, Tulane has long been a leader in health and bioinnovation. Today, more than 80% of our research grants are for health-related projects.
Faculty in the medical fields collaborate with scholars in the sciences and engineering to develop technologies and devices to cure diseases and develop healthier communities. A recently renovated laboratory space gives researchers a state-of-the-art facility for collaboration on health and bioinnovation projects.
Tulane research has led to discoveries like the connection between low testosterone and diabetes risk, the use of “nerve-on-a-chip” technology to study safer chemotherapy drugs, the development of a 15-minute test for Ebola and the role plants can play in oil spill clean-up. Current research projects include an investigation into the connection between oxygen in the brain and Alzheimer’s, a search for a more effecti
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