Chefs and doctors in New Orleans are collaborating on a study of how certain foods can be used to prevent and manage diseases. The Golding Center For Culinary Medicine at Tulane University has the nation's first teaching kitchen where students, doctors and chefs can learn about the role foods can play in our health by integrating nutrition with biochemistry. It helps that the Director Dr. Harlan, is both a trained chef and physician who owned several restaurants before Med. school. Dr. Harlan believes in the benefits of medication and good diet on their own merits, but believes in the synergistic power of combing both. The Golding Center bases it's program on the principles of the Mediterranean diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, olive oil and fish with limited meat and dairy. Several studies by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology,the Harvard School of Public Health and the Cambridge Health Alliance link the Mediterranean diet to lower risk of obesity,diabetes,certain types of cancer and heart disease. Other chefs around the country have personally seen the effects of what a diet can do to reverse health issues. New York chef Seamus Mullen is the author of "Hero Food" a cookbook he authored that has reversed his rheumatoid arthritis which often debilitated him, resulting in numerous hospitalizations.
 He believes the elimination of gluten and eating a diet of grass fed meats, eggs and leafy greens was the major factor in curing his arthritis. He was convinced in the direct correlation between food and the body's ability to deal with inflammation.  Another Doctor, Chef collaboration between Dr. Mark Hyman, the author of  "The Blood Sugar Solution", and Chef David Bouley teamed up at the 2013 New York City Wine and Food Solution to cook a healthy meal. They believe in the healing powers of foods such as mushrooms to battle tumors and sardines to protect against strokes. These chefs and physicians have complied a list of power foods and their healing properties that include;
anchovies-help reduce inflammation, avocados for lowering breast and colon cancer, berries for cardiovascular health, carrots to boost the immune system, coconut for antimicrobial properties, dark, leafy greens that are rich in minerals and vitamins important for a healthy immune system, dried beans and legumes for sources of protein, fiber and minerals, organic eggs a good source of iron, garlic to help reduce the risk of breast and colon cancer, grass fed beef that has more vitamin B that corn fed beef, organic chicken and wild salmon that have higher amounts of omega 3s, nuts such as almonds, walnuts and cashews to help reduce cholesterol, seeds that include pumpkin,chia and sunflowers to boost the immune system,  olive oil to help lower cardiovascular disease, vegetables that include squash, green beans to lower blood sugar, broccoli, boy choy,brussel sprouts,carrots,onions which all help reduce certain types of cancer and stone fruits such as peaches,plums,nectarines, cherries, apricots that have vitamin C and K, potassium and beta carotene.
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