Episode 017: Food as Medicine w/ guest Amanda Archibald

One of my favorite quotes is over two thousand years old. Hippocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food”. Food as medicine is more than just eating healthy, it’s about understanding your unique genetic makeup and how your diet influences things like inflammation, weight, and overall health and wellness. My guest today is so passionate about food as medicine that she created an entire program to help foodies like us breakdown our genetic blueprint for nutrition. Amanda Archibald is the owner of Field to Plate, a dietary program that focuses on nutrition and food appreciation to build healthy diets. She understands all the different forces at play that influence diet and health. Culture, genetics, and even your location on this planet will all influence how you manage your weight, your wellness, and your health. On today’s episode, Amanda breaks down her dietary niche and discusses her theories on inflammation and disease that can help you better understand your body and its dietary needs. Also included is a great recipe for a kale salad that will totally blow your mind! 

ABOUT AMANDA…

Amanda Archibald’s  unique training as an analyst and a nutritionist (RD), combined with her culinary expertise, has enabled her to develop a new lens through which we can understand the food and health conversation. Amanda’s trailblazing work is redefining the food, nutrition and cooking education footprint in ways that are understandable, meaningful and fundamentally achievable for all Americans. Her work in mind-mapping, using visual technology,  is literally changing how we translate the science of nutrition, via the tools of the kitchen, to put health-supportive food on America’s plate. Amanda resides near Boulder, Colorado and is owner of Field to Plate, a visionary food as medicine education company, pioneering a paradigm shift in how we think, talk and teach Americans about food and food choice.

“Wild, foraged fruits actually take in the minerals and vitamins from the soil and have these what we call “bio-actives”, these compounds in the food that are not nutrients that literally talk to our genes. They are literally the best medicine you can eat.”

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN TODAY’S EPISODE…

1:19 Meet Amanda Archibald, owner of Field to Plate

2:18 Amanda’s unique dietary niche

2:47 What it means to be “classically trained” in Nutrition Science

3:22 “Let food be thy medicine” – Amanda breaks down culinary science, taste, and wellness

4:33 Different food experiences and food-based medicines across cultures

5:00 How to eat your best medicine

5:31 Amanda defines “bio-actives” and phyto-nutrients

7:11 Amanda breaks down her Food as Medicine learning experience (she’s hosting it in Italy!)

10:17 The last day of Amanda’s course is very exciting!

11:36 How linguistics can influence a culinary career

12:45 Amanda explains her language of food

13:28 Amanda’s Nutrition Roadmap

16:05 Inflammation

17:13 Which veggies can you eat for heart health?

18:20 Amanda answers my favorite question to ask nutritionists

19:38 Dr. George Slavich, social genomics, and what it means for Amanda’s culinary approach

20:30 Amanda’s theory on inflammation and weight management

21:03 How your environment influences your weight

22:05 Amanda breaks down her “Hearth to Health” program

23:23 The bottom line of Amanda’s Food as Medicine approach

24:30 Amanda is launching the pilot of her program online TODAY, February 11

25:20 Amanda’s foodie hero

27:12 Vegetable Literacy and why it’s Amanda’s favorite book

28:03 Where Amanda finds her “food-spiration”

30:02 How modern chefs can use food as medicine

31:20 Amanda’s favorite recipe

32:50 Adding the bio-actives back to food when you cook

33:51 Secrets to cooking with kale

SOME OF THE RESOURCES DISCUSSED…

Find out more about Amanda’s programs at http://www.fieldtoplate.com/

Amanda’s Hearth to Health online program http://www.fieldtoplate.com/hearth-to-health-online/

Culinary Immersion to Puglia Italy

Vegetable Literacy

Amanda’s Favorite Kale Recipe: Detox (Cleansing) Greens with Ginger Pepper Dressing

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