The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.
Interpretation
Community involvement and support can lead to better health outcomes than traditional medical facilities alone.
This quote emphasizes the significant impact that community has on individual health, suggesting that social support, relationships, and collective resources can often be more effective in promoting well-being than conventional medical institutions. It highlights the importance of community connections in fostering a healthier environment and encourages collaboration for better health results.
In practice
In a community health seminar, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of local support systems.
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.
Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.
People with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure!
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