How to use food as medicine?

Keep the following in mind while using food as medicine and to avoid health fraud scam.

• Food may react (antagonize) with medicines. If taking medicines or medication, then it is necessary to inform your doctor before changing diet, especially when undergoing medical treatment.
• Any food can be allergenic to anyone
• No single food can help cure any disease.
• Natural Food will contain nutrition and medicinal properties. Nutrition are carbohydrate, protein fat, minerals. Medicinal compounds are called phytochemicals that are abundant in natural foods and plants.
• Both the nutrition and the phytochemicals contents in the natural food, when eaten, work together in combination and synergistically creates and enhances the curing, disease fighting, and disease preventing power of the body.
• A Balanced individually suitable Diet, added with specific food in accordance with disease can help ameliorate the health condition.
• Individually suitable balanced diet alone is not sufficient to ward off diseases.
• Overall health is the key. &“Because the part cannot be well unless the whole is well.”
• A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing. Therefore, one has to become real Health Guru of oneself and never follow the Hokey Pokey health providers and unscrupulous 'Health Gurus'.
• Never undermine the advice of medical doctor even when you have sufficient knowledge to use food as medicine.
• To become health guru of oneself, the top three secrets to know are the following:
• Balanced Diet; Read at: Article - Diet
• Intelligent Eating; Read at: Article - Intelligent Eating
• Overall Health; Read at: Overall Health

Cautionary note on using foods as medicine and FIM (food is medicine) programs

Using natural foods as medicine, and FIM programs, is becoming more popular and acknowledged by the main-stream medical profession; however, food as medicine is not the whole answer. We should strive to cut out, or at least cut down on, processed foods that are sugar and salt (sodium) laden. If you become unwell you should always consult a medical professional or other healthcare professional before changing your diet or embarking on a regime of supplements or other so-called ‘Health cures’.

for more information on FIM, see the following article:

healthaffairs.com - A Cautionary Note On Food Is Medicine

What are Phytochemicals

Plants produce many varieties of chemicals known as secondary metabolites, to protect themselves from predators, insects and diseases. These chemical compounds which also give color, aroma and taste to plants, are biologically active and are naturally occurring medicines in Plants are in general called as phytochemicals or phytonutrients. Among thousands of phytochemicals, only some have been well studied and are under research, because of the proposed effects on, and benefits for the body when eaten or applied.

Variety of foods in your diet is the key to good health

The scientific evidence of the health benefits of eating vegetables (including legumes/beans) has been reported for decades and continues to strengthen. Different vegetables can help protect our bodies in different ways, so it's important to choose a variety.

It is not a single component in plant-derived foods, but rather complex mixtures of interacting natural chemicals in the plants, that produce such powerful health-protective effects. These various natural components accumulate simultaneously together in a plant, and provide a multifaceted defensive strategy for both the plant, and the human consumer

There is no need to become over conscious about any single food regardless how heavily advertised by media. Media, internet, many websites, medical, non-medical doctors posing as health experts, or as non-profit organization are in disguise actually sellers of unnecessary supplements and health products which are actually selling sickness and then selling cures of the diseases sold to public. Read more at The Great Healthcare Scam

Remain skeptical on any information on health and nutrition even if it is coming from renowned scientists.
Remaining pursuant for understanding What is Correct Information for Intelligent Eating of individually suitable Balanced diet and living a correct lifestyle... is key secret to reaping health benefit from the scientific information on health and nutrition.

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