O le talitonuga faʻatasi o le "Food Is Medicine" o loʻo faʻamaonia ai le faiga faapaaga fou i le va o le National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM)'s Food as Medicine Institute (FAMI) i Portland, Oregon, ma The Good Kitchen i Charlotte, North Carolina. O le galulue fa'atasi na faia e maua ai se laina fou fou o mea'ai fa'apitoa fa'afoma'i e fa'aalia ai ta'iala o mea'ai e fa'atatau i su'esu'ega mo le puipuia o fa'ama'i.

O ta'iala tau taumafa o le a taula'i atu i tulaga fa'afoma'i se fa:

1. Fa'aletonu le fatu (CHF)

2. Ma'isuka ituaiga II (TDII)

3. Fa'ama'i fatuga'o tumau (CKD)

4. Fa'aletonu ole mama fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i (COPD)

“E tutusa le misiona a le Good Kitchen ma le NUNM – 'Food Is Medicine,'” o le tala lea a Dr. Andrew Erlandsen, Fa'atonu o le NUNM's Food as Medicine Institute ma le Dean o polokalame fa'au'u ma lalo o le Nutrition i le NUNM. "O lenei faiga faapaaga o se avanoa fiafia mo i matou o faiaoga ma tagata suʻesuʻe e tuʻuina atu suʻesuʻega faʻavae faʻamaoniga lea o le a, i le isi itu, faʻalauteleina le taumafa maloloina mo le puipuia o faʻamaʻi."

I le isi 12-18 masina, o le a iloiloina foi e Dr. Erlandsen ma lana au su'esu'e le taua o mea'ai mo taumafataga e 130 o lo'o gaosia nei e The Good Kitchen. Talu mai le 2011, ua saunia e le umukuka lelei mea'ai ua saunia e fa'aalia ai mea e maua mai ai, ma o lo'o mulimulita'i i taumafa ta'uta'ua o Paleolithic ma mea'ai e fa'aumatia ai Whole30.

"Matou te fiafia lava e galulue faʻatasi ma se taʻitaʻi i aʻoaʻoga tau taumafa mo la matou laina fou o taumafataga faʻapitoa faʻafomaʻi," o le tala lea a Kris Reid, VP o Culinary Innovation i The Good Kitchen. "O le tuʻuina atu o taʻiala mo meaʻai o le a avea ma suʻesuʻega mo tagata o loʻo i ai faʻamaʻi e mafai ona togafitia e ala i le mulimulitaia o meaʻai faʻamaonia."

I le faʻaopoopoga i taʻiala o meaʻai, The Good Kitchen e mulimulitaʻi i le "faatoaga i luma o le faitotoa", galulue ma faifaatoʻaga o loʻo faʻaogaina tulaga o le Uelefea Manu ma faʻalauteleina le faʻaauau.

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In addition to the nutrient guidelines, The Good Kitchen follows a “farm to front door”.
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