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Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Time Magazine


Time Magazine, February 23, 2019
Posted: March 4th, 2019
http://time.com/5534352/food-best-medicine/

Launched in 2017 by the Geisinger Health System at one of its community hospitals, the Fresh Food Farmacy provides healthy foods - heavy on fruits, vegetables, lean meats and low-sodium options - to patients in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and teaches them how to incorporate those foods into their daily diet. Geisingers program is one of a number of groundbreaking efforts that finally consider food a critical part of a patients medical care - and treat food as medicine that can have as much power to heal as drugs. Peoples health is the sum of much more than the medications they take and the tests they get - health is affected by how much people sleep and exercise, how much stress theyre shouldering and, yes, what they are eating at every meal. Food is becoming a particular focus of doctors, hospitals, insurers and even employers who are frustrated by the slow progress of drug treatments in reducing food-related diseases like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and even cancer. Theyre also encouraged by the growing body of research that supports the idea that when people eat well, they stay healthier and are more likely to control chronic diseases and perhaps even avoid them altogether. When you prioritize food and teach people how to prepare healthy meals, lo and behold, it can end up being more impactful than medications themselves, says Dr. Jaewon Ryu, interim president and CEO of Geisinger. Thats a big win.

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