Of course we need food to survive, and a new culinary kitchen opened at the University of Louisville is showing health care professionals how food can be used to help their patients thrive.

This program helps us to train the workforce in age friendly care that focuses on what matters most to older adults.

The kitchen was inspired by our commitment to educating both health care professionals and the public on the merits of lifestyle medicine, which allow patients have agency over the health care by incorporating healthy eating habits that can make a significant difference in preventing and treating health issues.

They all said food is medicine and research has proven this to be true.

Nutrition is foundational to our overall health.

Yet it is not always emphasized in provider patient interactions.

Notice is required in many medical school curriculums.

Medicine is a growing field that integrates nutrition science with practical food preparation skills that can lead to improved health, including better management and prevention of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, diseases that affect many older adults throughout our nation.

In this kitchen, the U of LS School of Medicine will train healthcare professionals to understand and communicate the impact of good nutrition under a patient's health.

Students and faculty members in the U.

Of all Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Information Sciences, nursing, social work, and others.

One of the innovations we are proud of is our brain clinic.

That is a service to Medicare patients with dementia.

Diagnosis.

As part of our brain clinic, the institute was selected after a competitive process as one of only 390 organizations nationally to participate in the guiding and improved Dementia Experience or Guide program for the centers of Medicaid and Medicare.

And this marks a huge step forward for both the Institute and U of our health.

In caring for people living with dementia and their caregivers, it's personal for me.

I always wanted this One-Stop shop.

I always wanted my dad to dementia.

And I always wanted them to have easy access to excellent care and guidance and education.

So the fact that this is a joint collaboration between the University of Louisville and UAB physicians makes it possible for us to both educate, train and treat.

So that's really what we're doing.

The University of Louisville School of Medicine is one of 60 other medical schools using the American College of Culinary Medicine curriculum.