Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.
Interpretation
Chronic disease often stems from poor diet, and improving our food choices can help restore health.
This quote emphasizes the significant role that diet plays in our health and the development of chronic diseases. It suggests that the choices we make about what we eat contribute to our health problems, but we also have the power to change our diet to improve our health outcomes.
In practice
In a health workshop discussing lifestyle changes, this quote highlights the importance of nutrition in preventing disease.
It is food - we now know that food is information, not just calories, and that it can upgrade your biologic software. The majority of chronic disease is primarily a food borne illness. We ate ourselves into this problem and we have to eat ourselves out of it.
The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.
Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
Cancer is a growth hormone for empathy, and empathy makes us useful to each other in ways we were not, could not have been, before.
Improvements in global public health must begin locally, and must be driven by leaders who will learn the hard lessons from COVID-19.
The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less than ... zero ... point ... zero ... zero ... zero ... four ... percent of our gross domestic product, or about one-seventh of what Americans spend on beauty products.
Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.
Women's health is not a niche issue - it impacts everyone in some way. That is why a collective effort to improve awareness and understanding of menstrual hygiene is key to closing the gender health gap.
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