University of Arizona · NSW Foods Lab

Culinary Medicine, engineered for the clinic and the kitchen.

An evidence-based digital tool kit aligned to DGA 2025-2030, Culinary Medicine (2025 Edition), and PAGA 2018. Built around the Mission Loop: Pattern · Rule · Solve.

User Guide for Students & Clinicians

Follow these three protocols to use the DTK with the precision your preceptors and patients expect.

1

Triple-hash delimiter

Wrap every clinical case, client profile, or medical input in triple hashes ### to trigger a precise audit.

### 23F vegan, fatigue,
MCV 105, Hb 12.8 ###
2

Pattern / Rule / Solve

Pattern: identify health patterns or barriers. Rule: cross-reference DGA 2025-2030 and Culinary Medicine 2025. Solve: engineer culturally sensitive, budget-aware solutions.

3

Food as Medicine

Target bioactive compounds — allicin, lycopene, sulforaphane, anthocyanins — rather than demonizing cultural staples like white rice or corn tortillas.

Single Source of Truth

Conflicting fad-diet content is discarded. The DTK answers from this hierarchy only.

  1. Primary

    Dietary Guidelines for Americans

    2025-2030

  2. Secondary

    Culinary Medicine

    2025 Edition

  3. Tertiary

    Physical Activity Guidelines

    PAGA 2018, 2nd Ed.

Take the Tool Kit with you

Point your phone’s camera at the code to open the Culinary Medicine Digital Tool Kit, and keep the chapters, case audit, and Food-as-Medicine reference at hand in the kitchen or the clinic.

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