Prescribing Tomatoes and Carrots Could Help Some Americans Eat Better: Politico

Excerpts from article, written by Joanne Kenen.

“These programs haven’t had their moment,” said Michel Nischan, a chef and food advocate who started Wholesome Wave, which promotes and assists produce prescribing, in tandem with local community groups. “They are very difficult to fund.”

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“When you look at being able to combine the power of a doctor’s advice, the intelligence and knowledge of a nutritionist, the engagement skills of community health workers to avoid Type 2 diabetes … that can bring results that can be measured,” said Nischan, the chef turned food activist.

Whether the goal is to prevent someone with prediabetes from developing full-blown diabetes, or to keep someone who already has a disease from getting worse, spending a few hundred dollars on fruits and vegetables is a lot cheaper than dialysis and amputation, he added.