2/13/2024 –
Food as Medicine programs are becoming as ubiquitous as kudzu in the South.
With the recent Food as Medicine initiative announced by the US Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with The Rockefeller Foundation and interest in food as medicine conferences by such “Big Food” players as Unilever, Danone, PepsiCo[1] and Kellanova (formerly Kellogg’s),[2] there is the danger of untoward influence by groups that, historically, have not been supporters of diets based on whole, natural foods.
At such a time, it becomes incumbent on those of us involved in such endeavors to engage in a bit of critical self-reflection. An unexamined and unsubstantiated perspective and practice is one that is easily co-opted.
