Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food? The obsessive worship of “medicinal foods”
Hippocrates was an important figure in the history of
medicine because he was among the earliest to assert that diseases were caused
by natural processes rather than the gods and because of his emphasis on the
careful observation and documentation of patient history and physical findings,
which led to the discovery of physical signs associated with diseases of
specific organs. However, let’s
not also forget that Hippocrates and his followers also believed in humoral
theory, the
idea that all disease results from an imbalance of the “four humors.”
Treating disease with healing
foods is not a new idea, it has been done for thousands of years. So what's
new? In the past people didn't know why a certain food was good for a certain
condition, they just trusted the advice they were given.
- Strengthen Your Body's Defenses against Dis-ease
- Treat Dis-ease directly
- Slow down the Aging process
- Boost Immune System
- Protect the Body against Dis-ease
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF
VARIOUS CONDITIONS
The underlying
cause of many common diseases is often the type of foods we eat on a
regular basis. In our society today,
even conventional doctors (MDs) and researchers agree that diet impacts our
health greatly.
- After countless studies, they've come
to realize, for example, that diet is one of the biggest contributors to heart
disease. And if you already have heart disease, the
right diet can actually help you reverse it. The BIG question…How? By improving your cholesterol levels, lowering high blood
pressure, steadying your blood sugar, reducing inflammation and taking off
extra pounds –it can help heal your cells and convert them back to
normal.
- Researchers have no doubts today that
a poor diet is a major cause of constipation, hemorrhoids, heartburn and IBS and
giving out pills to deal with the symptoms is not the best way to “treat” these problems.
- Allopathic Doctors now realize that arthritis isn't
a simple case of wear and tear but rather a destructive process spurred by
molecules called “free radicals”, so painkillers cannot be considered the best
long term solution. In fact, these
medications will eventually present further problems as time progresses, in
which will lead to the “ripple effect” of
medications.
- The general consensus now seems to be
that no condition is more related to diet than type
2 diabetes. Studies suggest
that people who eat a lot of refined carbohydrates, animal fats, and a lot
of animal protein are at much greater risk of developing this condition.
Tune in to this blog weekly and learn more about the
causes of these conditions and what healing foods you can eat to get to the
root of the problem.
Dr. Ezenwanyi Ahaghotu
832-913-5022
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