Can Food Actually Be Medicine? Yes!

The idea that food is medicine has been around for centuries. On this week's Special Sauce The New York Times 's Kim Severson and the Aspen Institute 's Corby Kummer talk about how doctors, the government, and even insurance companies have been engaged in a half-century long process to treat various medical conditions with food cooked healthily that the government and health insurers pay for. Chicken soup is indeed good for the soul. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Can Food Actually Be Medicine? Yes! is an episode from Special Sauce with Ed Levine by Ed Levine.

This episode is 42:14 long.

This episode was published on Apr 24, 2026.

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