Academy Healing Nutrition

Recent episodes

1. Food as Medicine: Nourishing Digestion, Balancing Your Constitution & Working with the Earth Element

   Jul 29, 202656 min

   In this episode, we sit down with Nam Singh, a core faculty member at Academy Healing Nutrition — an ordained Taoist priest trained since childhood at Dragon Tiger Mountain, a practitioner across all eight branches of classical Chinese medicine, and a graduate of the Taipei Institute of Traditional Pharmacology and Acupuncture. Nam has spent decades bringing the wisdom of classical Chinese medicine into the kitchen, translating centuries-old healing principles into food you can actually cook. Together we explore the Earth element of the "late summer" season — how digestion, constitution, and seasonal eating shape our overall health. You'll hear how the spleen and stomach relate to digestive fire, why sweet flavors and fermented foods matter, and how mindful food choices support energy, stability, and resilience. We also unpack the difference between constitution and condition, how emotions like worry affect the body, and why "balance" is really about staying in healthy flux — a distinction Nam draws from his training in the classical (not just traditional) Chinese medical tradition. This conversation is a small taste of how we teach at Academy Healing Nutrition — where ancient wisdom meets modern nutrition science. If it resonates, you can learn more about our Holistic Health Coaching Certification at https://academyhealingnutrition.uk/

2. Food as Medicine: Origins of the Longevity Diet with Roger Green of Academy Healing Nutrition

   Jun 17, 20261 hr 59 min

   A Live Lecture with Roger Green & Patricia Lopez — Academy Healing Nutrition Most of us have spent years searching for answers to health challenges that conventional medicine couldn't fully resolve. What we were rarely told is that some of the most enduring answers aren't new — they're ancient. And they begin with what we eat. In this opening episode, AHN co-founder Patricia Lopez welcomes you to the world of Academy Healing Nutrition — and hands the floor to founder Roger Green, who shares the principles at the heart of AHN's 40-year curriculum. The same teachings that have guided nearly 1,000 graduates across six continents toward lasting health and meaningful careers. Roger opens with his own journey into natural healing and the foundational mindset shift that makes everything else possible: learning to read symptoms as language, not malfunction. From there, he moves through the practical and the philosophical — the energetics of food, the doctrine of signatures, the five-element theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and what the world's longest-lived cultures have quietly understood about nourishment for millennia. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Academy Healing Nutrition 03:56 Roger Green's Journey into Holistic Healing 10:05 The Philosophy of Food as Medicine 19:46 Understanding Nutritional Energetics 29:58 The Role of Traditional Foods in Longevity 39:49 Practical Applications of Healing Foods 46:11 The Energetics of Food: Yin and Yang 49:00 Cooking for Health: Warming Foods and Seasonal Eating 52:30 Animal Foods: A Historical Perspective on Nutrition 56:24 The Role of Dairy: Quality and Longevity 01:01:41 Fats and Oils: The Foundation of a Healthy Diet 01:07:18 Herbs and Mushrooms: Nature's Medicine for Longevity 01:11:22 The Importance of Stocks: Nutrient-Dense Foundations 01:15:45 Avoiding Modern Pitfalls: The Dangers of Processed Foods 01:22:59 Nutrient Density: The Key to Longevity 01:29:40 The Middle Way of Eating and Fasting 01:34:11 Food Energetics and the Three Treasures 01:40:07 Doctrine of Signatures and Food as Medicine 01:46:27 Understanding Jing, Qi, and Shun 01:52:55 The Role of Herbs and Longevity Teas 01:57:59 Lifestyle Factors for Longevity 02:01:42 Building a Supportive Community for Health 02:07:22 Introduction to the Longevity Diet Foundations Course www.academyhealingnutrition.uk