We have the opportunity today to truly understand the body and how it functions in a way that no one in the past has. While learning about how our bodies work is an on-going pursuit, we have discovered so many things in the past two decades that we can apply to our everyday health.
I believe the single most important fact is that so many of the chronic illnesses that plague us can be reversed by simply changing our diet and understanding the role that food plays in our level of health or sickness. Research has proven, repeatedly, that the following diseases/conditions can be avoided and/or reversed if we simply change our diet and activity levels:
Type 2 Diabetes
Hypertension
High Cholesterol
Edema
Some forms of Anxiety and Depression
Right at this moment, if those who are taking medications for the conditions listed above were to change their eating habits and use food as their medicine, they would be able to eventually reduce or eliminate the prescriptions they are taking for these problems. What's so interesting is that this information is now part of mainstream medicine. That's amazing to those of us who are part of alternative health care and have been saying this for years.
If you are interested in learning more about the concept of food as medicine, there are a number of very good books about this subject written by Andrew Weil, M.D. and Deepak Chopra, but the one I would recommend is a new one written by Travis Stork, M.D., entitled: "The Doctors Diet." I would suggest that those interested in following the diet remember how important the quality and source of foods they choose are. High quality, organic foods= High quality medicine.
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