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Dr. Caroline De Graeve

MD • Nutrition Science

Founder of Human Recipe

Medical Literacy for Life

Dr. Caroline De Graeve is a medical doctor and educator who teaches people to evaluate health information with the rigour of a clinician.

 

She is available for keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and commissioned writing.

Bios

Short

Dr. Caroline De Graeve is a medical doctor with 30 years of clinical experience and a nutrition science background from Stanford University. She founded Human Recipe to bridge the gap between complex health science and everyday decision-making. Her framework, The Filter, helps people evaluate health information the way a clinician does.

Medium

Dr. Caroline De Graeve spent three decades in clinical medicine before asking a question that changed her direction: why do so many intelligent, motivated people still make health decisions based on misinformation? The answer, she found, wasn't a lack of information — it was a lack of trustworthy filters. She created Human Recipe as a platform for evidence-based health literacy: translating peer-reviewed science into clear, practical insights for people who value rigour over trends. Her methodology, The Filter, draws on her medical training, her nutrition science education at Stanford, and thirty years of observing what actually changes people's health outcomes.

Long

Dr. Caroline De Graeve is a medical doctor with over thirty years of clinical experience and advanced training in nutrition science at Stanford University. She trained and practised as an ophthalmic surgeon in Paris, Leuven, and Antwerp, and co-founded Okio, an ophthalmology practice group in Belgium — work that sharpened her understanding of precision, neuroplasticity, and the deep connections between the visual system and whole-body health. Three decades of clinical practice led her to a recurring observation: intelligent, motivated people were making health decisions based on misinformation — not from a lack of interest, but from a lack of trustworthy filters. She founded Human Recipe to close that gap. Her flagship framework, The Filter, teaches people to evaluate health claims with the rigour of a clinician, without requiring a medical degree. She is currently writing a book of the same name. She is available for keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshop facilitation, and commissioned writing on medical literacy, longevity science, metabolic health, and preventive medicine.

Selected Lecture Topics

Each lecture is tailored to the audience and context. Below are examples of themes I frequently explore.

SIGNATURE TALKS

How to evaluate health claims in 60 seconds

Why smart people get misled by health advice

The Filter:

a decision framework for everyday health

THE FILTER

Why smart people still get misled by health advice.
The wellness industry profits from confusion. This talk explains the cognitive and commercial mechanisms behind health misinformation — and introduces The Filter as a teachable skill for any audience.

LONGEVITY SCIENCE

Separating signal from noise. 
The longevity space is flooded with claims. This talk reviews what the evidence actually shows about metabolic health, brain aging, and lifestyle medicine — and what remains marketing.

THE INFORMATION PARADOX IN PREVENTIVE HEALTH

We have more health data available than ever, yet clarity has become increasingly rare.
This talk explores the gap between scientific research and everyday decisions — and how to close it.

MEDICAL LITERACY FOR LIFE

Evaluating health claims like a clinician.
Most people lack not motivation but method. This talk teaches practical frameworks for distinguishing evidence from trends, without requiring a medical background.

Photos

High-resolution portraits available soon for editorial and press use. Download below or contact dr.caroline@humanrecipe.com for specific formats.

Media & Publications

GWC Magazine

Feature article on medical literacy and The Filter framework. Publication pending photoshoot.

Fabric of Society

Participant

The Filter

Book in progress. Expected publication 2026–2027.

CONTACT

For speaking engagements, media requests, and commissioned writing: dr.caroline@humanrecipe.com

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