Part A
It’s not a random title…nothing is a coincidence…
Think about it…After many thousands years, scientists discovered that Hippocrates was absolutely right about his teachings …I think that the “present” and the “future” matched with the ancient “past”…
It is strange…Scientists made experiments, thousands of experiments…and where are we? We are far away, many thousands years ago…What kind of discoveries are these? Everything was written…I suppose that the meaning of the word “discover” is “find something new”, not something that it was already known…Now, you will tell me that the scientists made many experiments in order to prove all these we knew…Was it necessary? There are many evidences…Let’s get to the point…
There are many instructions in the book “Corpus Hippocraticum”. This was for students who wanted to become doctors. It was for students who wanted to get all the right knowledge. They wanted to learn not just to become professionals…No comment…I think you know what I mean…Those scientists should study the seasons, the location of a city, the city’s orientation on the sunrise, it’s climate, it’s ground even its water! The other thing they should study was the way of living of the people. Some examples: What kind of customs did people have? Did they practice in sports? Did they eat and drink too much? …You are surprised!!! You will agree with this that all the above are very important factors. A doctor should know these details in order to have a full reference of the condition of his patients so he could determine and apply the correct and proportionate diet and exercise to the individual patient. Nowadays many doctors give you a recipe and that’s all.
Let’s see some information from the Ancient Greek World…
Do you know that Pythagoras the Samian was the represent of the Medical Diet? No, you didn’t know that. He wrote a book about nutrition and exercise . According to Pythagoras right nutrition and exercise are necessary for the good health!!! He also recommended a diet which included meat…Meat has proteins and the proteins are necessary for our muscles…. Because of Pythagoras the Samian, exercise became a kind of gymnastic skill!!!
In 500 B.C. Alkmaion the Contoniatis discovered that bad diet and lack of exercise are the main reasons for diseases!!! Our ancestors knew it already…but FB didn’t exist that time…so people forgot all about it…and now we are following the same approach!!!!
It is continued…in the next episode…
Article by Kyriaki Solomonidou, AthensTrainers® Associate
Source : www.eleftheriaonline.gr