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Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates, the very father of medicine recommended diet and exercise rather than drugs. Somewhere in the last two millennia, his sage wisdom has been supplanted with the money motivated pharmaceutical and fast food companies. We need a return to the wisdom of the ages—a return to whole food and exercise to heal the ills that plaque prosperous nations. It has been said that the number one health problem outside North America is starvation; the number one health problem inside North America is obesity. It is no wonder then that it is man made diseases, not mysterious super-bugs that are killing Americans. These man made diseases include heart disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes and numerous cancers. Its no surprise to me then that one day while in the ER a doctor looked out at the overflowing waiting room and said—‘I can tell you what’s wrong with everyone out there without even seeing them—they eat too much!’ And he was right! So many ills, aches, pains, stressed joints, failing hearts, etc. are directly linked to or exacerbated by obesity. You don’t need a pill; you need a push off the couch! Is it time to go back to the sage wisdom of Hippocrates and admit, that more than two millennia later, he was in fact right! It’s not the flu, that’s killing us—its our food.