Welcome to another episode of Flip Your Script, a vodcast by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, hosted by ACLM President Dr. Padmaja Patel. In each episode, we explore five key takeaways on how lifestyle medicine is helping clinicians and leaders reimagine the future of healthcare. This episode, “From Kitchen to Clinic: The Power of Culinary Medicine,” features Dr. Jaclyn Albin, an associate professor of internal medicine, pediatrics, and public health at UT Southwestern and a certified culinary medicine specialist. Dr. Albin shares how her personal connection to food and experiences in clinical practice led her to integrate culinary medicine into patient care, medical education, and population health. The conversation explores how food can become part of the treatment plan rather than an afterthought—and how culinary medicine can empower patients and communities to make meaningful, sustainable changes. Dr. Albin discusses meeting patients where they are, understanding their relationship with food, building on existing strengths and habits, and creating care plans that reflect their culture, resources, relationships, and everyday lives. The episode also examines how culinary medicine can extend beyond the clinical setting through community partnerships, medical education, policy, schools, and teaching kitchens. Dr. Albin shares her perspective on creating lasting change, empowering the next generation of clinicians, and building healthier communities through nutrition, connection, and practical lifestyle interventions. If you're interested in lifestyle medicine, culinary medicine, food as medicine, nutrition, patient empowerment, behavior change, medical education, preventive medicine, community health, population health, health equity, or building healthier communities, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Subscribe to ACLM on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsjJsNjWtUf30LiofumGRfQ The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the medical professional society for physicians and other professionals dedicated to clinical and worksite practice of lifestyle medicine as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable healthcare system. Lifestyle medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Lifestyle medicine-certified clinicians are trained to apply evidence-based, whole-person, prescriptive lifestyle change to treat and, when used intensively, often reverse such conditions. Applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine—a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connections—also provides effective prevention for these conditions. Connect with ACLM Online! Visit lifestylemedicine.org: https://lifestylemedicine.org/ Find ACLM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifestylemed/ Find ACLM on X: https://x.com/ACLifeMed Find ACLM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aclifemed/?hl=en Find ACLM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-college-of-lifestyle-medicine/
