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Where education becomes community
Lifestyle education becomes more powerful when people do not have to practice it alone.
Since 1948, the National Health Association (NHA) has worked to educate and empower people toward healthful living, including whole-food, plant-based nutrition. It offers recipes, a podcast, Health Science magazine, conferences, travel experiences, and a warm community. Kitchen Monk™ independently recommends exploring the NHA’s public educational resources and annual conference.
You do not have to be a clinician to belong in this learning community.
Patients, families, caregivers, nurses, NPs, physicians, nurse coaches, CNAs, dietitians, students, and anyone curious are all welcome.
Explore NHA Resources
Access labels: 🟢 FREE · 🟡 MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED · 🟠 PAID / EVENT REGISTRATION · ⚪ CHECK CURRENT ACCESS. Please confirm current access directly with the NHA.
🥗 Cook With the NHA
Explore whole-food, plant-based recipes made without added salt, oil, or sugar (SOS-free) from chefs and educators featured by the NHA. Find Recipes in the NHA website menu. ⚪ Check current access
🎧 Listen and Learn: NHA Today
NHA Today is the official podcast of the National Health Association, with conversations about nutrition, lifestyle, plant-based living, and real stories from the NHA community. 🟢 Free to listen
📰 Health Science Magazine & Newsletter
The NHA publishes Health Science magazine. Magazine access and archives are an NHA member benefit (🟡 membership required); check the NHA site for any sample issues. You can also subscribe to the Health Science newsletter from the NHA homepage (⚪ check current access).
Take the learning off the screen
The National Health Association Annual Conference
This is not a clinicians-only conference, and that is its strength. Health professionals and everyday community members learn side by side, and everyone goes home with a deeper vocabulary for flourishing.
UPCOMING · as of September 2026
79th Annual NHA Conference
June 24–27, 2027
Holiday Inn, Independence, Ohio
The NHA describes four days of education and community around whole-food, plant-based living, including speakers and health professionals, six SOS-free meals prepared by chefs, yoga and mindfulness, and a welcoming community. 🟠 Event registration required
Speakers, pricing, lodging, and schedules can change. The NHA’s website is the authoritative source.
Don’t come alone. Clinicians: bring someone you love.
Nurses, NPs, physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, therapists, and students: consider bringing a spouse, partner, friend, parent, colleague, or caregiver. Lifestyle education becomes more powerful when clinicians and communities learn together.
You don’t need a healthcare credential to become an informed participant in your own health.
⛵ Sail Toward Flourishing: NHA Plant-Based Travel
Award-winning whole-food, plant-based group trips, including cruises with Windstar, built with NHA travel advisor Lisa McCarl, a former open-heart recovery nurse. 🟠 Paid · NHA members get priority notice
Wanda Huberman
Executive Director, National Health Association
If you are looking for a welcoming community centered on whole-food, plant-based living and health education, we encourage you to get to know the National Health Association and its Executive Director, Wanda Huberman. Wanda has attended NHA conferences since 1991, has managed them since 2017, and became the NHA’s full-time Executive Director in 2020. She leads alongside NHA President Mark Huberman and the broader NHA team.
Kitchen Monk™ warmly recommends exploring the National Health Association and appreciates the community-building leadership of Wanda Huberman and the whole NHA team.
How the NHA Fits the Flourishing Orchard
The NHA is the Community Stream in the Kitchen Monk Lifestyle Medicine Library: the place where people live and learn together. Nurse Coaches, our Flourishing Care Connectors™, can point people toward trusted places like the NHA to keep learning, while Flourishing CNAs™ help bring practical food learning home.
Independent Recommendation
Kitchen Monk™ independently recommends the National Health Association as an external educational and community resource. Kitchen Monk is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by the National Health Association unless expressly stated otherwise. References to Wanda Huberman and other NHA leaders are factual acknowledgements and do not imply personal endorsement of Kitchen Monk. All NHA names, recipes, and materials remain the property of their respective owners; we link to them rather than reproducing them.
Some NHA content discusses practices such as fasting. Please talk with your doctor or other healthcare provider before making any lifestyle changes, especially if you have a medical condition or take medications.
