What if health plans could cover in-home chef services to improve patient outcomes? In this episode, James Maskell sits down with Renata Jenik, founder of Foodom.com, to explore how her company is pioneering a powerful new model of food as medicine—one that’s already being covered by insurance.

Renata shares her personal journey from overwhelmed working mom struggling with PCOS and insulin resistance to entrepreneur with a mission to redefine healthcare through culinary empowerment. What started as a personal solution—hiring a chef to prepare healthy meals for her family—evolved into a scalable program now contracted by health plans like Anthem to serve Medicaid patients in Sacramento County.

Unlike traditional meal delivery, Foodom sends trained chefs into patients’ homes every two weeks to cook nourishing meals and teach basic culinary skills. It’s a powerful model rooted in sustainability and empowerment.

Tune in to learn about:

• How a personal health crisis sparked a revolutionary business idea
• Why health plans like Anthem are paying for in-home chef services
• The key differences between meal delivery and chef-led culinary education
• The challenges and solutions of scaling food-as-medicine at the community level
• Why El Dorado County is emerging as a hub for healthspan innovation
• And so much more!

If you're interested in the intersection of culinary care, health equity, and scalable functional medicine delivery, this is a must-listen.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Javier Galvis, the first Latin American physician certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), to explore the remarkable rise of functional medicine across Latin America. Dr. Galvis shares his journey from discovering the IFM Annual International Conference (AIC) in 2010 to completing his certification in 2013—and how the AIC has continued to inspire his practice.

As the founder of the Functional Medicine Academy in Colombia, Dr. Galvis is at the forefront of a growing movement, with thousands of physicians across Latin America now embracing a functional approach to care. He also gives us an exciting preview of the 2025 AIC and its cutting-edge focus on the future of medicine.

Tune in to learn more about:

• Why the AIC has been a game-changer for clinicians around the world
• How functional medicine is expanding rapidly across Latin America
• The role of the Functional Medicine Academy in training new practitioners
• Hot topics at the upcoming AIC, from psychedelic and peptide therapies to longevity and energy medicine
• How the conference bridges traditional wisdom with modern science
• Why this global movement is transforming the future of healthcare

Don’t miss this inspiring conversation! Be sure to listen, share, and help spread the word about the transformation happening in medicine today.