Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

About this episode

This episode features Richard Bennett and Victor Penev discussing the future of personalized nutrition and the role of food as medicine in healthcare.

Food as medicine is having a moment, but for leaders like Richard Bennett of Epicured and Victor Penev of Edamam, this is not a passing trend. It is the long-building future of healthcare. In this special highlight episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity ...

People in this episode

Host: Unity

Guests: Richard Bennett, Victor Penev

Topics covered

• food as medicine
• personalized nutrition
• healthcare innovation
• AI in nutrition
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• food as medicine
• personalized nutrition
• healthcare
• AI
• Epicured
• Edamam
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Epicured, Edamam

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