Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
HIPPOCRATESAnd if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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Many admire, few know.
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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