About this episode

Dennis McKenna and Dr. Cedric Baker discuss the interconnectedness of food and medicine, challenging modern assumptions.

Dennis McKenna sits down with his old friend Dr. Cedric Baker, an ethnopharmacologist and medical herbalist who studies the ethnobotany of food across more than thirty countries. Together they take apart one of modern medicine's most stubborn assumptions: that food and medicine are separate things. From Thai kitchens where every dish is therapeutic, to the world's longevity hotspots, to the ethics of who owns a plant, it's a conversation that will leave you looking at your own plate a little differently. - - - Cedric Barrett Baker is an ethnopharmacologist, food ethnopharmacognoist, medicinal food ethnobotanist, integrative oncology medical herbalist, pharmaconutrition research scientist, & medical botany, pharmacognosy and pharmacy historian. He is also a licensed Rph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dennis McKenna

Guest: Dr. Cedric Baker

Topics covered

• ethnopharmacology
• food medicine
• ethnobotany
• health
• longevity
• cultural practices

Keywords

• ethnopharmacology
• food
• medicine
• health
• longevity
• ethnobotany
• cultural practices

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Organizations: SpectreVision Radio

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