Food is not medicine
Hippocrates supposedly said, "Food must be your medicine and medicine must be your food."
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I disagree.
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Food is not medicine.
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Thinking about food as medicine does not help either food or medicine.
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Food is so much more than medicine.
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Food is culture, love, and joy.
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Medicalizing food deprives it of these positive attributes.
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A healthy relationship with food is essential, but not because it has medicinal properties.
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Food is not just a fuel.
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It is more than nutrients to take in — and we don't consume it just to reduce our disease risk.
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People tend to think that a "superfood" can have instant benefits.
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But what we eat in the present has a small, subtle influence on our health, which becomes powerful by affecting us over our lifespan.
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Diet is just one of many factors influencing our health.
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The environment, physical activity and genetics play important parts too.
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The 'food is medicine' philosophy also makes you think of disease as a punishment.
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If you get sick, you must have eaten the wrong food.
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People who are sick do not need that extra baggage.
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On the other hand, medicine is the practice of maintaining health and preventing and treating disease.
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I suffer from diabetes and use medicine every day to stay alive.
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I could eat the healthiest foods every day, but without medicine I would still die.
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Modern medicine is incredible and we are living longer than ever before due in great part to public health and modern medicine.
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Food is food, medicine is medicine, and both of them are really amazing.