CERTIFICATE

CULINARY MEDICINE COURSE

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 and transforming poison into 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.

How to understand the connection between:

Organ systems and meridians
Chakras and emotional energy
Seasons and specific foods
Cooking techniques and healing goals

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

Cooking with Macrobiotic/Holistic Principles
Learn to prepare food that supports balance, vitality, and seasonal harmony.
Oriental Visual Diagnosis
Develop the skills to read signs from the face, tongue, hands, and more—understanding the body’s messages.
Oriental Approach to Healing
Gain insight into natural healing methods rooted in Traditional Eastern Medicine.
Philosophy for Wholeness
Explore the deeper meaning behind your food and lifestyle choices, and how they relate to a purposeful, connected life.

Tasting in the kitchen

Reserve Your Space:

September - December 2026: starting on September 12th at 6:00 pm.

Live on zoom meeting schedule *:

September 12th, 6 pm: Intro to the 5 Transformations (seasons, organs, and more)/Cooking with the 5 Elements - live on zoom

October 3rd, 6 pm: Tree Energy (Q&A discourse on liver and gallbladder health/cooking for spring, etc.) and Facial Diagnosis — live on zoom

October 24th 6 pm Fire Energy (Q&A discourse on heart and small intestinal health, cooking for summer, etc..) and Tongue Diagnosis — live on zoom

November 14th, 6 pm Soil Energy (Q&A discourse on stomach, spleen, pancreas health, cooking for late summer, etc.) and Hand Diagnosis — live on zoom

December 5th 6 pm: Metal Energy (Q&A discourse on lung and large intestinal health, cooking for fall, etc..) — live on zoom

December 19th 6 pm: Water Energy (Q&A discourse on kidney, bladder, reproductive organ health, cooking for winter, etc..) and Chakras — live on zoom

September 1st, Late Summer Cooking Class — live on zoom 4 pm

October 6th, Fall Cooking Class — live on zoom 4 pm

November 4th, Holiday Cooking Class — live on zoom 4 pm

December 1st, Cooking Class - Winter Cooking — 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) $900

Regular Fee (as of August21st): $1100

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.