Certificate in Culinary Medicine

Where East Meets West in the Kitchen

For thousands of years, daily food choices have served as one of the most powerful forms of medicine. This immersive course empowers you to understand and apply the ancient wisdom of Chinese Medicine—particularly the Five Elements Theory—to cooking, healing, and daily living.

Program Overview

Part A: Culinary Medicine Theory

15+ hours of pre-recorded lectures & 8–9 hours of live Zoom Q&A sessions

Topics include:

• Introduction to the Five Transformations – Cooking, seasons, organs & their connections

• Liver & Gallbladder – Fatty liver, gallstones, hepatitis; spring cooking + facial diagnosis

• Heart & Small Intestine – Blood pressure, Crohn’s; summer cooking + tongue diagnosis

• Stomach, Spleen & Pancreas – Diabetes, acid reflux; late summer cooking + hand diagnosis

• Lungs & Large Intestine – Constipation, asthma; fall cooking

• Kidneys, Bladder & Reproductive Organs – UTIs, kidney stones; winter cooking + chakras

• Final Live Q&A for integrative reflection and deepening

Part B: Culinary Medicine in Practice

6 pre-recorded + live cooking classes (~12 hours total)

Topics include:

• Seasonal Cooking Classes:

  • Spring / Tree Energy (pre-recorded)

  • Summer / Fire Energy (pre-recorded)

  • Late Summer / Soil Energy (pre-recorded)

  • Fall / Metal Energy (pre-recorded)

  • Winter / Water Energy (pre-recorded)

• Home Remedies (pre-recorded and live)

• 3 Monthly Live Zoom Cooking Classes

• Special Immune-Boosting Recipes such as:

  • Millet & Vegetable Soup to support immunity, digestion, and reduce sugar cravings

Course Benefits

• A new understanding of food as medicine

• Practical guidance for applying Eastern theory to daily cooking

• Personalized support through live interactive Q&A

• Integration of dietetics, food science, and Traditional Chinese Medicine

• Tools for emotional balance, energetic alignment, and seasonal health

What Students Say:

“This course far exceeds my expectations. I'm so glad to be learning from her.” – P.N.

“For the first time, I understand the Five Transformations and how to apply them. Bettina has a great gift of patience and deep knowledge of healing through food.” – S.N.

The training with Bettina was outstanding. I’d recommend this program to anyone looking to enhance physical, emotional, or spiritual well-being.” – Dr. B.M. Mark

The Four Pillars of the Course

1. Cooking with Macrobiotic Principles
   Learn to prepare food that supports balance, vitality, and seasonal harmony.

2. Oriental Visual Diagnosis
   Develop the skills to read signs from the face, tongue, hands, and more—understanding the body’s messages.

3. Oriental Approach to Healing
   Gain insight into natural healing methods rooted in Traditional Eastern Medicine.

4. Philosophy for Wholeness
   Explore the deeper meaning behind your food and lifestyle choices, and how they relate to a purposeful, connected life.

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.

A Call to Conscious Living

We are living in a pivotal moment—personally, collectively, and globally. Each of us is a unique individual, yet inseparably part of a larger whole. Our daily choices ripple outward, shaping not only our own lives, but the consciousness of our communities, our world, and even the universe.

Now more than ever, we have the opportunity to contribute to humanity’s golden dream: a life of Peace, Health, and Joy, with Enough for All. Every action rooted in care and awareness helps usher in the shift in consciousness that so many of us feel is both needed and inevitable.

This course invites you to become a mapmaker of that change—to live with intention, integrity, and vitality.

When you join this course, you lay the foundation for becoming a practicing idealist—someone who not only envisions a better world but lives it, beginning with their own body, mind, and daily nourishment. You’ll learn how to understand and care for your physical body, support healing, and cultivate resilience from the inside out.