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Bauman College: 20 Years and Beyond | Print |
Once there was a time when everyone looked to the food pyramid as the guideline for a healthy diet; a time when few people made the connection between the growing health crises and the toxic burden created by unnatural food additives, preservatives, pesticides, fungicides, growth hormones and antibiotics in our food supply.

At odds with his dietetic peers about the qualitative difference between, fresh, whole, organic foods and processed, prepared, commercial foods, Dr. Bauman argued that optimal health is found outside the box and beyond the marketing claims of the Standard American Diet, and that natural foods are the keys to health and vitality.

In the face of this arbitrary disenchantment with the Standard American Diet, Dr. Bauman took on the mission of offering a clean, comprehensive way to understand and practice holistic nutrition rooted in what has become the Eating for Health model premised on the use fresh, local, seasonal, organic and diversified foods.

It was in 1989 that Dr. Bauman designed the first whole foods Nutrition Consultant (NC) Training program curriculum in the U.S., which was subsequently submitted and approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. The Institute for Educational Therapy (IET), a 501(C)(3) non-profit, welcomed the program as a component of their professional training programs in mind/body healing arts. In 1997, the curriculum for the Natural Chef Training Program was added and has continued to spread in popularity.

In 2004, Dr. Bauman was recognized and honored by his colleagues and the IET Board of Directors for his unrelenting contributions in the field of holistic health and nutrition and the college name was changed to Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts.

What started out twenty years ago as a single location in Cotati has now grown to three locations in California: Berkeley, Penngrove and Santa Cruz, with a fourth location in Boulder, CO that opened in fall 2008.

What Lies Ahead

In stark contrast to its beginning, mainstream society now embraces the understanding that you are what you eat. With countless studies and research now proving the efficacy of fresh, whole food nutrition and the health consequences of consuming a “Standard American Diet,” the “Health Promotion” industry is an idea whose time has come. As an awakened society and a global commitment to clean up the external environment, as well as our own personal commitment to eat and be well, Bauman College students and graduates will be the leaders of tomorrow, helping to build a peaceful, health-oriented, collaborative society---one bite at a time.
 
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