# Can Food Actually Be Medicine? Yes!

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Podcast: [Special Sauce with Ed Levine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/special-sauce-with-ed-levine-496852)
Published: 2026-04-24T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The idea that food is medicine has been around for centuries. On this week's Special Sauce The New York Times 's Kim Severson and the Aspen Institute 's Corby Kummer talk about how doctors, the government, and even insurance companies have been engaged in a half-century long process to treat various medical conditions with food cooked healthily that the government and health insurers pay for. Chicken soup is indeed good for the soul. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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