Health, Wealth and the Hippocratic Oath.

'You are What You Eat" is a truism. You Are what you eat. Harvey and Maralyn Diamond like to put it this way. You are what you digest. And we all know that our various body parts are replaced at set numbers of years at the cellular level. So if we exist on a diet of fried foods obviously our body parts are not getting the nutrition they need to function at the optimum level. A recent study known as 'the China Study', implicates the western taste for high intake of animal protein, (Dr Eric Dunn will approve of this) to be the cause of most of our western 'civilised' diseases. It's of interest to note that some of our rich Egyptian freinds who had been mummified were found to have gout. A product of a high meat diet. So. We all Know what to do. Why don't we do it?

'Let your food be your medicine'. This was written back in the Greek era by Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine. Modern medicine has unfortunately gone rather far away from the sentiment, and has taken us to a plethora of pills as the solution, which we all know isn't. We feel helpless. Or do we. We have at our literal fingertips the solution. A simple one which can and does affect the way we feel from day to day. Your Diet.

Not so many years ago, an ukrainian woman in the Unites States found herself to have breast cancer, and suspecting that diet could help her, changed hers. She knew the importance of raw foods such as a variety of fruits and vegetables. She was also aware of the importance of food combining. That certain foods did not digest so well if eaten with certain other foods. Fruit should be eaten alone, for example, and not in combination with other foods. Melons should always be eaten alone. Proteins should not be eaten with starches, and so on. Dr Ann Wigmore was also aware of the benefits of eating fermented foods, such as saurkraut, but minus the heavy use of salt. She introduced fermented nut seeds and rejuvelac, a drink made from the sprouted organic wheat berry and fermented. Sprouted beans provided protein. Wheat grass juice provided high nutrition to feed the body, and plenty of water to keep the body hydrated.

In this fast, modern age where can we go to refresh and rejuvenate our poor toxic-overloaded and tired flesh and bones? There is a place. Aptly titled, 'Hippocrates Health Centre' in the hinterland of the Gold Coast in Mudgeeraba. A peaceful and tranquil haven in a fast-paced, stressful world. Some say that they can't afford to go. My feelings are that we can't afford Not to go.

As submitted by Julian Fairfax Mayhem.


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