Hippocrates, the father of medicine, recognized that the medical therapy must be consistent with the nature and the design of the human body. He believed that the effective health care could not be separated from nutrition. He stressed prevention of disease by strongly recommending a balanced diet with a moderate and sensible lifestyle. Hippocrates wrote, natural forces within us are the true healers of disease… Everything in excess is opposed to nature… To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. His philosophy was very much akin to the holistic health perspective of today. The various foods provide not only nutrition to our body, but can prove to be medicinal too.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sunita Pant Bansal
Born and educated in New Delhi, Sunita Pant Bansal did her schooling from St Thomas School, and graduation with honours in Food and Nutrition and post-graduation in Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition from Lady Irwin College. She subsequently worked as an Honorary Dietician at Sir Ganga Ram and G.B. Pant Hospitals, and began writing on Health and Nutrition, with her articles and columns appearing in major newspapers and magazines (over 600 articles published in English, Hindi and Telugu). She has also aired programmes on Health on All India Radio and Doordarshan.She was the first practising Dietician in Delhi. She is currently associated as an Advisor with Life Positive (a magazine on holistic living). She has also authored Healing Power of Foods.
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