Some Medical Schools Are Now Teaching Healthy Cooking

Cooking your meals from scratch and using whole ingredients (ideally organic) is the foundation of good health. By doing so, you will avoid GMOs, herbicides, pesticides, chemical additives and contaminants.

It is unfortunate that many medical doctors in the U.S., have received less than a total of 24 hours of nutritional instruction, but that may be changing.

Tulane University School of Medicine, has implemented a radically different approach to teaching their medical students. They are not only learning about nutrition, but also the practical aspects of cooking with real ingredients.

The goal is for Tulane educated doctors to have the necessary skills to actually teach their patients what to cook, how to cook and why. Other medical schools are also following suit.

The curriculum, which was developed with the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University, has also been bought by 16 other medical schools across the country.

Researchers in Taiwan recently found that in a group of elderly Taiwanese people, those who cooked their own food were not only healthier, but also lived longer.

Consuming a fast food and a processed food diet, significantly increases your chances of unwanted weight gain and chronic diseases. This is associated with insulin and leptin resistance, caused by excess fructose, the lack of healthy fats and the low fiber in processed foods.

Process foods also contain a variety of about 10,000 food additives, most of which have never been properly tested for long-term safety.

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