Widespread use of fruit and vegetable prescription programs may be way off, but here’s what dieticians and physicians can do today to help their patients

Healthy Meals

The recent blog post by Garry Welch, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Silver Fern, focused on ways to improve Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake. Dr. Welch discussed the rationale for society to invest in programs that allowed and encouraged medical personnel to prescribe food as opposed to, or in combination with medicine, to treat chronic …



Can we transform our nation’s health if clinicians strongly promote fruits and vegetables with patients?

Healthy Meals

This post explores the healing power of fruits and vegetables and the need for clinicians to become more involved in national strategies that encourage Americans to eat more of them. Research shows that eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and seeds as part of a broader lifestyle medicine strategy – especially combined with weight loss …



Dr. Welch, Silver Fern Healthcare Co-Founder and CSO, featured guest on “The Public Health Podcast”

Dr. Garry Welch, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Silver Fern Healthcare, was recently invited to speak about his expertise in chronic disease management on “The Public Health Podcast.” The podcast is produced by a team of NPR veterans and is hosted by Ryan Birchmeier and Katie Fendler, a brother-sister duo that is “bringing the public back into public …