Tag: Hearkening back to Hippocrates: rediscovering “food as medicine” in the age of quinoa and kale
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Hearkening back to Hippocrates: rediscovering “food as medicine” in the age of quinoa and kale
Shehryar R. SheikhCleveland, Ohio, United States In my opinion, nobody would have even sought for medicine, if the same diets (διαιτήµατα) had suited both the sick and those in health.”1 – Hippocrates, from the treatise “Ancient Medicine” written around 400 BCE His edict on food is as well known as the tenets of the oath…