Certificate Culinary Medicine Course

Daily food choices have been a key practice for thousands of years – a most powerful medicine.

• Would you like to learn about and be able to apply the Chinese Medicine 5-Elements Theory in your life, health and cooking?Would you like to rejuvenate yourself and learn how to achieve longevity?

• Are you looking for a way to stay centered in your own true axis?

• Would you like to find out how to begin to learn Oriental Diagnosis of Face, Hands, Tongue and more?

• Are you looking to create your own apothecary at home with home remedies?

Part A: webinar – Lectures, Presentations (more than 15 hours of pre-recorded studies) and live zoom Question & Answer sessions (8 - 9 hours)

• Intro: Studies on the 5 transformations regarding cooking, seasons, organs, etc. Followed by a separate live Q & A session (via zoom)

• Liver and Gallbladder disorders like fatty liver, gallstones, hepatitis (diagnosis and home remedies) - prerecorded study followed by live on zoom discourse on cooking for liver and gallbladder health, spring, etc. and Facial Diagnosis. Followed by a separate live Q & A session (via zoom)

• Heart and Small Intestine disorders like hardening of the arteries, high or low bloodpressure, etc., Crohn’s disease and home remedies (diagnosis and home remedies), Diagnosis of tongue - prerecorded study followed by a live on zoom discourse on cooking for heart and small intestinal health, summer, etc.. and Tongue Diagnosis.

• Spleen-Pancreas and Stomach disorders like hypoglycemia, diabetis, ulcers, acid reflux disease, etc. (diagnosis and home remedies) - prerecorded study followed by a live on zoom discourse on cooking for stomach, spleen, pancreas health, late summer, etc.) and Hand Diagnosis. Followed by a separate live Q & A session for both Fire and Soil energy (via zoom)

• Lung and Large Intestine disorders like constipation, diarrhea, colitis, asthma, lung cancer, etc. (diagnosis and home remedies) - prerecorded study followed by a live on zoom discourse on cooking for lung and large intestinal health, fall, etc..

• Kidney, Bladder, Reproductive organ disorders like kidney stones, UTI’s, etc. (diagnosis and home remedies) - prerecorded study followed by a live on zoom discourse on cooking for kidney, bladder, reproductive organ health, winter, etc..) and Chakras. Followed by a separate live Q & A session for both Metal and Water energy (via zoom)

• Final Q&A (via zoom)

Part B: cooking classes – cooking workshop (6 cooking classes – pre-recorded and 4 cooking classes live on zoom, approx. 12 hours)

• 3 cooking classes live on zoom - various topics (once a month)

• Cooking for Tree energy/spring - pre-recorded

• Cooking for Fire energy/summer - pre-recorded

• Cooking for Soil energy/late summer pre-recorded

• Cooking for Metal energy/fall pre-recorded

• Cooking for Water energy/winter pre-recorded

• Home Remedies pre-recorded

Testimonials:

This course far exceeds my expectation. She is giving us so much relevant information. I am so glad to be learning from her. P.N.

For the first time I am beginning to get a better understanding of the five transformations and how to apply this understanding . Bettina has a great gift of patience which encourages one to ask questions. This study is very empowering and enables us to engage in health promoting conversations with our bodies. She is able to share her in depth knowledge of cooking and the way to health. S.N.

The training with Bettina was outstanding. I would recommend the Culinary Medicine Certificate Program to anyone who desires to enhance one’s well being, be it physical, emotional or spiritual. Dr. B. M. Mark

Culinary Medicine Course

• It is a full spectrum approach to the art of culinary medicine – it joins the knowledge from the west with the wisdom from the east.

• It offers a host of practices designed to understand what and how you eat impacts your health physically, as well as your emotions, thoughts and actions.

• It joins theory with practice showing you how to implement what you just learned.

• It integrates dietetics, food science and studies of yin and yang, the five transformations, basic understanding of the meridians, basic oriental diagnosis, lifestyle practices and to provide a truly comprehensive and integral approach.

Reserve Your Space:

September - November 2025: starting on September 10th at 6:00 pm.

Live on zoom meeting schedule *:

September 10th, 6 pm: Intro to the 5 Transformations (seasons, organs, and more)/Cooking with the 5 Elements - live on zoom

September 13th, 6 pm: Q & A session — live on zoom

September 20th, 6 pm: Tree Energy (discourse on cooking for liver and gallbladder health, spring, etc.) and Facial Diagnosis — live on zoom

September 24th, 6 pm: Q & A discussion session — live on zoom

October 1st, 6 pm Fire Energy (discourse on cooking for heart and small intestinal health, summer, etc..) and Tongue Diagnosis — live on zoom

October 7th, Fall Cooking Class - live on zoom 4 pm

October 11th, 6 pm Soil Energy (discourse on cooking for stomach, spleen, pancreas health, late summer, etc.) and Hand Diagnosis — live on zoom

October 15th, 6 pm: Q & A session — live on zoom

October 22nd, 6 pm Metal Energy (discourse on cooking for lung and large intestinal health, fall, etc..) — live on zoom

November 1st, 6 pm Water Energy (discourse on cooking for kidney, bladder, reproductive organ health, winter, etc..) and Chakras — live on zoom

November 4th, Winter Cooking Class — live on zoom 4 pm

November 5th: Q & A discussion session — live on zoom

November 11th, Home Remedies Cooking Class— live on zoom 4 pm

November 15th: Final Q & A discussion session — live on zoom

December 2nd, Cooking Class — live on zoom 4 pm

* schedule is subject to change

Students who complete the Culinary Medicine Course successfully will receive a Certificate from the Culinary Medicine School, signed by the founder, Bettina Zumdick.

Admission: Early Bird (must be paid in full by August 20th) $1000

Regular Fee (as of August21st): $1200

Payments may be made via venmo, zelle, paypal (+5%), or check, cash or money order.

Looking forward to hearing from you: bettinazumdick@gmail.com - (413) 429-5610

Cancellations

Payments made will be refunded in full (less a $50 processing fee) if you cancel 14 or more days prior to the start of the course. No credit or refund is available if you cancel 13 or less days before the start day, nor if you do not show up, or if you leave a program or the event early.

Bettina Zumdick reserves the right to cancel any program at any time. In this event, you will be given a complete refund.

In this crucial moment in our life, world and universe, we can change the course of our personal lives, our civilization and organizations. We are individuals, and yet each of us forms a part of our world’s reality.

We are intimately connected with all historic events of our time. The ripple effects of any of our individual actions are felt in the world’s play and even transmitted continuously throughout the whole universe.

Individually we can consciously and actively pursue an approach to our life that is reflecting humanity’s golden dream: Peace, Health and Joy with Enough for All, reflecting our good intent and our ideals to our universe.

Be the mapmaker and actively assist in the change of consciousness that we all know is coming.

This course has four core subjects: Cooking based on the macrobiotic principles, oriental visual diagnosis, oriental approach to healing and philosophy.

When joining this course you build the foundation for becoming a practicing idealist: you get to know your physical body and how to maintain health or re-establish a healthy body.