Professor Richard Smith, British Medical Journal, 2004
by Dr. Kris Verburgh | May 8, 2020
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"Many doctors' knowledge of nutrition is rudimentary. Most feel much more comfortable with drugs than foods, and the 'food as medicine' philosophy of Hippocrates has been largely neglected. That may be about to change. Concern about obesity is rocketing up political agendas, and a growing interest in the science of functional foods is opening up many therapeutic possibilities."
“Many doctors’ knowledge of nutrition is rudimentary. Most feel much more comfortable with drugs than foods, and the ‘food as medicine’ philosophy of Hippocrates has been largely neglected. That may be about to change. Concern about obesity is rocketing up political agendas, and a growing interest in the science of functional foods is opening up many therapeutic possibilities.”
