Culinary Medicine

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Image from Turner Farm teaching kitchen three people cooking a healthy meal Culinary medicine is an educational and nutritional approach to improving eating behaviors and overall health by focusing on food shopping, storage, and meal preparation skills. At the Osher Center for Integrative Health, our interdisciplinary team utilizes food as medicine to teach students and patients the importance of food and its impact on your health.

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Recipes from our Culinary Medicine Experts

Power Protein Bars/Balls

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Berry Blast Steel Cut Oats

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Lavish Lentil Stew & Dynamite Greens

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5 Mediterranean snacks to prep for the week

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Carrot Cake Overnight Oats

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Roasted Honeynut Squash Bisque

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TLT (Tempeh, Lettuce, Tomato) Sandwich

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Teaching Kitchen Events at Turner Farm and the Cr(EAT)e Culinary Studio at the Cincinnati Museum Center

Experiential learning opportunities focused on food as medicine for patients, students, and the community to learn from our physicians and cook a healthy meal!
Turner Farm Teaching Kitchen events occur in Indian Hill, Ohio. Past events have included Optimizing Your Brain Health through Farm Fresh Foods (Mladen Golubic, MD, PhD), Cooking for Cancer Prevention & Recurrence (Mladen Golubic, MD, PhD), and Preventing Cancer through Healthy Choices: A Scientific Approach (Rekha Chaudhary, MD).
The Food as Medicine Series at the Cr(EAT)e Culinary Studio at the Cincinnati Museum Center has featured topics such as Cooking for Gut Health (Lauri Nandyal, MD)

Join us for our next teaching kitchen event!

NEW John & Carrie Hayden Community Learning Kitchen Opening Spring 2026

rendering of community learning kitchen on fifth floor of blood cancer healing center We are excited to announce a new one-of-a-kind Wellness Suite, home to a Community Learning Kitchen, Wellness Studio, and Rooftop Healing Garden, is the only space of its kind in the region, offering personalized, hands-on well-being experiences for patients, survivors, caregivers, staff, students, researchers, and more, all in one space, together.

The region’s first Academic Community Learning Kitchen spans 1,409 square feet with five stations for hands-on group culinary experiences. Led by Chef Stephanie White, EdD, a chef, educator, and researcher, our Culinary Medicine Program offers evidence-based classes for everyone, from Cooking for Brain Health to Diabetes-Friendly Meals, making healthy eating practical, delicious, and empowering.

Learn more about John & Carrie Hayden's visionary investment: Kitchen expands whole-person, integrative approach of the Osher Center, University of Cincinnati Cancer Center

Develop a Personalized Nutrition Plan with a Lifestyle Medicine Consultation

doctor and patient in exam room Our goal is to work with you to create a personalized self-care plan that you can implement and sustain with your lifestyle.

At your lifestyle medicine consultation, you will initially meet with your physician or nurse practitioner for one hour. They will learn about your personal, medical and family history; your dietary, exercise and sleep habits; your sources of stress and coping mechanisms, and then will assess your health concerns and evaluate your symptoms, order any necessary tests and create mutually agreed upon lifestyle prescriptions.

To schedule a consultation, call 513-475-9567.

Centering Group Medical Visits Provide Nutrition Education & Teaching Kitchen Experience

centering medical visit participants cooking a healthy meal

Centering group medical visits take a group approach to healthcare. Small groups of patients meet once a month in addition to one-on-one assessments with their provider. Centering allows patients to become more informed and confident in making healthy choices, all while building a community and support system. UC Health currently offers group visits for patients with pre-diabetes, diabetes, chronic pain and obesity.

Teaching kitchen events at LaSoupe are also scheduled once-a-month outside of the regularly scheduled group medical visit for participants to learn how to cook healthy meals.

To join a Centering Group, call 513-584-0373.

Education Opportunities

Food Literacy in Health & Wellness

This course explored concepts relevant to food literacy, culinary medicine, and seek to enhance students’ fundamental culinary and nutritional knowledge for personal health. Throughout the course, we will examine dietary behavior on personal and global health outcomes and provide practical strategies for diet-related behaviors throughout one’s life. To gain a holistic perspective on food literacy, we will also examine facets of food systems and their impact on environments, communities, and public health.

Integrative Gut Health

This course you will explore the theory of an interdependent/ interconnected relationship between the gastrointestinal tract and other systems within the body and understand the impact of stress and environment on the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract and how it effects your overall health. You will also learn how the role of the microbiome is related to digestion, immune health and systemic effects