NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice and always consult a medical professional before modifying your diet. This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of diet, longevity, and disease. Several claims in this talk lack sufficient scientific support. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdfWhat if the key to better health was on your plate? Dr. Shad reveals how changing our food systems to make real food accessible for everyone and making nutrition a key part of how we train doctors and practice medicine can prevent, treat and even reverse the chronic diseases of our time. Dr. Shad Marvasti is the Founding Director of The Culinary Medicine Program and Associate Professor at the UofA College of Medicine Phoenix. He obtained both his MD and MPH from the University of Arizona and completed his medical residency at the Stanford University School of Medicine where he subsequently served as a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Dr. Marvasti has served as faculty at Stanford and now at the UofA where he has worked to redesign the 4 year medical school curriculum to include nutrition and the use of food as medicine as well as integrative and lifestyle medicine to prevent and effectively treat chronic diseases. His work in advocating for this new approach has been featured on national media outlets and published in academic journals including the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Marvasti is working to develop clinical models that take a whole person approach to empower patients with the tools they need to live healthier. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx