Food is NOT Thy Medicine

Nutrition For Mortals

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘Let Food Be Thy Medicine’. Besides being a classic opening for many wellness speeches, this phrase is often used to justify why people should take a ‘foods first’ approach to health. But should we really try and ‘let food be our medicine’? Or can this approach backfire and cause more harm than good? Join us, two registered dietitians, as we dig into the history of this famous quote and give our thoughts on whether food really is the best medicine.

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Links to stuff we talked about in this episode:

• Article: Let not thy food be confused with thy medicine: The Hippocratic Misquotation
• CBC News report on Brian Clement

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