FOOD As medicine
Feb 17, 2020
4 minutes
While we often think of food simply as fuel, it actually provides us with far more and can seriously influence our health. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, coined the term ‘food is medicine’ to emphasise the connection between what we consume and how we feel. It’s since been noted that a healthy, nutrient-rich diet may even prevent many chronic diseases and could significantly contribute to the treatment of certain conditions.
DIGESTIVE HEALTH
Millions of people suffer from digestive health problems, such as constipation, gas and diarrhoea, often as a result of underlying conditions which are exacerbated by dietary choices. A 2016 study discovered that 38% of South Africans could be
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