DIP DIET HISTORY

  DIP DIET  HISTORY 

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FATHER OF DIET THERAPY 

           

Food and the history of healing through nutrition

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400 B.C. the Greek physician Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine” said, “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates realized that food impacts a person's health, body and mind to help prevent illness as well as maintain wellness.

Hippocrates Asclepiades. Asclepiades means, "descendant of Asclepius", who was believed to be a demigod (son of Apollo and a mortal princess) and the God of healing.

The World's First Physician: Hippocrates and the Discovery of Medicine.

BEST DIETS PLANS 

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1. Mediterranean diet

2. DASH diet and flexitarian diet (tie)

3. N/A

4. MIND diet

5. TLC diet

The Mediterranean diet emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, olive oil, and some lean meat and fish. Similarly, the second-place DASH diet is a plan designed to lower blood pressure, and it incorporates vegetables, fruits, and low-fat dairy along with whole grains, lean meats, and nuts. It also sticks to sodium guidelines in an effort to reduce hypertension (high blood pressure), though you can certainly still benefit from this eating style if you have normal blood pressure.

DASH is tied with the flexitarian diet, another plant-based eating plan that’s often called “semi-vegetarian.” Whatever plan you choose to follow, one thing is clear: A focus on plant-based foods is one of the best things for your health.

A plant-based diet is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. More recently, a study in the August 2019 Journal of the American Heart Association concluded that people who closely adhered to plant-based diets had up to a 25 percent lower risk of death from any cause than those who didn’t follow the eating pattern.

Best Family-Friendly Diets and Best Diets for Bone & Joint Health. “The pandemic made it especially clear how important it is for people to be able to prepare meals at home and enjoy those meals together with their loved ones,

The health benefits of DASH, and found that it can lower blood pressure and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels, as well as help people lose weight, when compared with diets such as the standard American diet (SAD). The SAD is high in salt, added sugar, and saturated fat,

people who followed the DASH diet closely had a 12 percent lower risk of stroke than those who were more lax in their diet. Experts say this diet is applicable to a wide population. “People tend to think of DASH as a diet only for those with high blood pressure, but the truth is that anyone could benefit from a well-balanced, reduced-sodium diet like DASH,”

Ultimately, for a diet to successfully help you improve your health, it needs to be sustainable for the long haul — and that is what will bring you success.