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.

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:

• Continuing education available to clinicians, APPs, nurses, registered dieticians, clinical pharmacists and diabetic educators
• Classes to introduce providers to best-practices and concepts that blend the art of cooking and the science of medicine. Attendees learn to make low-cost, nutrient-dense, and delicious foods conveniently and sustainably while earning continuing education credits.
• Fellow and resident education leveraging evidence-based curriculum and hands-on experiential learning.
• Team-building events tailored to your area of clinical expertise and interest in a fun, hands-on environment that supports your personal health and wellness.
• Culinary Medicine recipes available to be ordered through Nutritional Services for catering at your next meeting or event.