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Simple Ways To Upgrade Your Health

The Dr. Hyman Show

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Food as Medicine: The Cellular Impact of Nutrition

This chapter explores the significant role of food beyond mere calories, highlighting how it serves as vital information that influences our health at a cellular level. It emphasizes the importance of high-quality nutrients, particularly phytochemicals from plant foods, and critiques conventional health approaches by advocating for a holistic understanding of disease through functional medicine. By examining the interaction between diet and the body's seven functional systems, it underscores the potential of nutrition to enhance well-being and prevent chronic illnesses.

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