Food as Medicine: Origins of the Longevity Diet with Roger Green of Academy Healing Nutrition

A Live Lecture with Roger Green & Patricia Lopez — Academy Healing NutritionMost of us have spent years searching for answers to health challenges that conventional medicine couldn't fully resolve. What we were rarely told is that some of the most enduring answers aren't new — they're ancient. And they begin with what we eat.In this opening episode, AHN co-founder Patricia Lopez welcomes you to the world of Academy Healing Nutrition — and hands the floor to founder Roger Green, who shares the principles at the heart of AHN's 40-year curriculum. The same teachings that have guided nearly 1,000 graduates across six continents toward lasting health and meaningful careers.Roger opens with his own journey into natural healing and the foundational mindset shift that makes everything else possible: learning to read symptoms as language, not malfunction. From there, he moves through the practical and the philosophical — the energetics of food, the doctrine of signatures, the five-element theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and what the world's longest-lived cultures have quietly understood about nourishment for millennia.Chapters00:00Introduction to Academy Healing Nutrition03:56Roger Green's Journey into Holistic Healing10:05The Philosophy of Food as Medicine19:46Understanding Nutritional Energetics29:58The Role of Traditional Foods in Longevity39:49Practical Applications of Healing Foods46:11The Energetics of Food: Yin and Yang49:00Cooking for Health: Warming Foods and Seasonal Eating52:30Animal Foods: A Historical Perspective on Nutrition56:24The Role of Dairy: Quality and Longevity01:01:41Fats and Oils: The Foundation of a Healthy Diet01:07:18Herbs and Mushrooms: Nature's Medicine for Longevity01:11:22The Importance of Stocks: Nutrient-Dense Foundations01:15:45Avoiding Modern Pitfalls: The Dangers of Processed Foods01:22:59Nutrient Density: The Key to Longevity01:29:40The Middle Way of Eating and Fasting01:34:11Food Energetics and the Three Treasures01:40:07Doctrine of Signatures and Food as Medicine01:46:27Understanding Jing, Qi, and Shun01:52:55The Role of Herbs and Longevity Teas01:57:59Lifestyle Factors for Longevity02:01:42Building a Supportive Community for Health02:07:22Introduction to the Longevity Diet Foundations Coursewww.academyhealingnutrition.uk