The Spectrum Health Culinary Medicine program seeks to engage both health care professionals and community members in the importance of food as a tool in achieving optimal health. Armed with expertise on behavior change, mindfulness, plant-based nutrition, obesity and chronic disease management, the culinary medicine team is dedicated to evolving and elevating the current conversation about nutrition, removing the distractions of fad diets, and focusing on the hard science of a well-balanced diet.
You gift helps to teach community members the importance of food as a tool for long term health.
Culinary Medicine is a behavioral-based program designed to pair nutritional science with approachable culinary skill development. The goal of Spectrum Health’s Culinary Medicine program is twofold: Empower patients with the tools required to create and maintain health in their home kitchen, and enhance fluency around sustainable dietary patterns so health care providers can better guide their patients through lifestyle change.
We offer several opportunities to experience Culinary Medicine including: