Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food

Resources for how to use food to improve your health. Welcome, we’re excited you’re here.

Learn how to cook

Videos and recipes by local chefs for step-by-step guides on healthy basics and delicious meals

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resources for you

Patient Handouts

One-page handouts that teach you how to use food to improve your health. Click the links below to download a handout that fits your need.

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General Tips and Eating Approaches

Specific Tips for Your Condition

Anemia
- Eat Iron-Rich Foods to Reduce Anemia
Cholesterol and other lipid issues
- Lower Your Cholesterol With Food
Diabetes and Prediabetes
High Blood Pressure
- 6 Tips to Lower Blood Pressure with Food
Heart Disease
- 5 Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- 4 Tips to Manage Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Obesity
- 6 Tips to Prevent or Reduce Obesity

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Consejos Generales y Para Comer

Consejos Específicos Para Su Condición

La anemia
- Reduzca la anemia con alimentos ricos en hierro
El colesterol
- Baja el colesterol con comida
La diabetes y prediabetes
La presión arterial
- 6 Consejos para bajar la presión arterial con comida
La enfermedad cardiaca
- 5 Consejos para reducir su riesgo de enfermedad cardiaca
El síndrome del colon irritable
- 4 Consejos para controlar el síndrome del colon irritable
La obesidad
- 6 Consejos para prevenir o reducir la obesidad

Image of beans and legumes by Disiana Caballero

our winning recipe

Recipe4Health has five main ingredients

Safety net health centers

Federally qualified health centers in Alameda County serve the most vulnerable patients. 83% of our patients are BIPOC and underserved

Food Farmacy

BIPOC led regenerative farm + food hub + door step delivery fulfills R4H prescription to receive produce (local, pesticide-free seasonal, nutrient dense) delivered weekly for 12 weeks

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Behavioral Pharmacy

Community based health coaches provide group / individual health coaching (nutrition, movement, stress reduction, social connection) to sustain behavior change

Medical Health Plan to cover services

CMS 1115 waiver allows Medicaid health plans to fund “Food as Medicine” as covered service free of charge to patients

R4H Training & Admin Hub

R4H provides clinical training to health care staff, EHR workflow integration, & Medicaid authorization & claims management to enable funding of services

The power of food

What is medically supported food and nutrition?

A spectrum of interventions that provide nutrient-rich, whole food used for prevention, reversal, and/or treatment of certain chronic health conditions:

Includes any fruit, vegetable, legume, nut, seed, whole grain, low mercury/high omega-3 fatty acid seafood, and/or animal protein
Includes behavioral and nutritional coaching and education to amplify the effect of medically supportive food
Prioritizes regeneratively and organically sourced foods