
Food as Medicine: What It Means and How to Reap the Benefits
- Posted by Adeyanju Adeniyi
- Categories Food, Hygiene
- Date November 11, 2021
- Comments 1 comment
Eating a diet high in whole, nutritious foods has the power to complement conventional treatments for certain diseases
You know your diet plays a huge role in weight and energy, and even your mood. But did you know it could help save your life, too?
That’s the whole idea behind the “food as medicine” movement — a philosophy that has roots in the HIV epidemic and began in the 1980s, when public health advocates launched nutrition programs to aid management of AIDS.
Now, many people are catching on to the notion that certain eating styles have the potential to influence disease prevention, too, not to mention influence quality of life, health, and longevity.
“We have known for literally decades that 80 percent of all chronic disease and premature death that happens in the world around us is completely preventable just by routine physical activity, not smoking, and eating optimally. The only complicated variable in that is eating optimally,” says David Katz, MD, founder and CEO of DietID in Detroit, and past president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
If you’re interested in the why and how of these benefits, look no further. Whether you’re hoping to help fend off a disease or manage one you already have, or simply eat healthier to look and feel better, these days there’s no shortage of resources that can enable you to take advantage of using food as medicine.
How a Healthy Diet Can Help Keep Disease at Bay
What types of food usually fill your plate? The answer can play a major role in your risk for future chronic disease.
After all, each year poor nutrition is responsible for 11 million global deaths from ailments such as cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in April 2019 in The Lancet.
Tag:WordPress
You may also like

Free Health Seminar
Leave A Reply Cancel reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
1 Comment
This is a beautiful post.. Thank you.