"A hospital-run lifestyle-medicine initiative emphasizes whole-food, plant-based diets to reverse chronic conditions rather than rely solely on prescriptions. The program — presented as a model of 'food as medicine' — has enrolled roughly 230 people with about 750 on a waiting list and reports participants losing weight, normalizing blood pressure and cholesterol, reversing diabetes and neuropathic symptoms, and reducing dependence on medications." - Amanda Kludt