We believe that food nourishes the body, nurtures the spirit,
and is essential for health and healing.

Our Research focuses on how diet can help prevent and control diseases like cancer (video link to CW5 and CBS-8). We are now offering these services to the public.

Participate in our Research Studies and learn more about the Women's Healthy Eating & Living Study (WHEL) and our other Research. You will benefit personally and also help others by contributing to our knowledge about how diet promotes health and prevents/controls disease.

Our counselors provide personalized support and guidance adapted to your own eating preferences. Join our Healthy Eating Telephone Counseling Program to take advantage of our experienced nutrition counseling staff who will help you adopt a lifelong diet that promotes health and prevents disease.

For tasty recipes and practical nutrition tips, purchase our new "more than a cookbook" Food for Thought: Healing Foods to Savor.

Our Nutrition Lectures, emphasizing foods with BIG color and BIG flavor, highlight the healing power of food. Listen to KPBS “These Days” interview with Vicky Newman, MS, RD, who teaches these classes. We also offer cooking classes in the Healing Foods Kitchen help you to learn how nutritious food can be both delicious and easy to prepare.