FOOD AS MEDICINE
Two and a half thousand years ago, Hippocrates – the father of Medicine stated, “See food as medicine & medicine as food”.
This prophetic statement is as true today as it was back then. Today’s conservative doctors have this belief that if you can’t fix it with a prescription pad or a scalpel then the other therapies available are at worst snake oil which may even do harm and at best pure placebo.
What many people don’t realise, however, that the combination of all lifestyle factors have a powerful effect on health outcomes. Practising the five keys for being healthy, which I write and talk about all the time, reduces your risk for all modern diseases somewhere between 70 to 80%. Standard pharmaceutical therapy reduces your risk for the same types of diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer in the 20 to 30% range.
However, over the past 10 years there have been enormous advances in both cardiovascular medicine and cancer which has seen much better outcomes for these conditions. Regardless, the people who receive the best outcomes are those that live the healthiest lifestyles.
A recent report published in the journal “Pharmacological Reviews” from Utrecht University reviewed 200 studies revealing that high-quality nutrients in our food have a profound effect on our cells and, in particular, our immune system.
This study demonstrates that specific nutritional components can positively affect inflammatory responses and allergic reactions. To understand how this works it is important to have a basic understanding of the cell. In my opinion, the three key components of the cell are the nucleus which contains the genetic material.
There is no doubt that consuming 2 to 3 pieces of fruit and 3 to 5 servings of vegetables per day is a significant health practice that leads to low rates of heart disease and cancer. Tragically, less than 10% of our society practices healthy lifestyles, including the ingestion of the above amount of fruit and vegetables.
Our macronutrients are fat, protein and carbohydrates which basically form the fuel for cell metabolism and in the case of proteins the building blocks for all of our proteins and enzymes.
But, fruit and vegetables also contain a vast array of plant chemicals known as polyphenols, along with a variety of micronutrients which include vitamins, minerals and trace metals. The polyphenols, in particular, have a profound effect on the receptors on our cell surface and therefore maintain vital cell to cell communication and communication between.
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