Clinicians can turbocharge the effectiveness of food as medicine initiatives by helping patients recognize the potency of dietary interventions and by making strategic referrals. Nevertheless, health professionals have historically not received the nutrition education required to fully assume this role. At the Food As Medicine Network’s Live 2025 event, learn from Gaples Institute Executive Director Stephen Devries, MD, about the exciting progress in bringing nutrition education into medical training and the remarkable ways that engaged clinicians can transform the food as medicine movement.
The Gaples Institute was invited to speak at the inaugural Royal Society of Medicine Conference entitled “Food: the Forgotten Medicine.” Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Stephen Devries were the only representatives from the U.S. Dr. Devries noted that he was thrilled to meet Prince Charles, who has a keen interest in nutrition and integrative medicine.
As part of the Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives Conference, Dr. Devries gave a presentation on “Dietary Fats and Health Revisited.”
At the conference, Dr. Devries interviewed Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and Gaples Institute Advisory Board Member. See their conversation here.
This program was part of the ongoing effort of the Gaples Institute to promote nutrition education among physicians-in-training. This unique hand-on program, co-sponsored by the American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate, was designed especially for physicians in cardiology training programs.
The program began with a presentation by Dr. Devries on Incorporating Nutrition Science into Cardiology Care. It continued with a “kitchen lab” segment in which all participants donned aprons and, under the direction of gourmet chefs, prepared a heart healthy dinner. The event concluded with an amazing…
At this symposium for acute care providers, Dr. Devries delivered the opening conference presentation: “Interventional Cardiology Delivered With a Fork.”
Dr. Devries spoke to a community of healthcare entrepreneurs and industry leaders on the topic of “The Science and Awe of Healthy Eating.”
