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Can Food and Medicine Make It Work This Time?

Arlin Wasserman offers a humorous take on the complicated relationship between food and health—and health care.
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Arlin Wasserman, MS Arlin Wasserman

Food Technology Magazine

Sometimes it seems that food and medicine are one of those star-crossed couples straight out of a Hollywood dramedy. One keeps looking for love. The other might be in it for the wrong reasons. Still, they can’t seem to stay away from each other. It’s been a messy relationship for more than a century, full of misaligned expectations and a fair bit of denial.

For everyone’s sake, maybe this time the relationship between food and medicine can end differently.

Throughout much of human history, food has played a central role in preventing disease. Growing up, I was told to …

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Authors

  • Arlin Wasserman, MS

    Arlin Wasserman Food Industry Advisor


    Arlin Wasserman is the founder and managing director of Changing Tastes, where he helps companies identify and catalyze shifts in the way business and consumers think about food.

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