Food = Medicine

Every day I am asked if a medicine has any side effects. I wonder how often people ask the same of grocers, vendors or wait staff? Rarely I imagine. We unfortunately do not think of food like medicine, yet it has just as many effects on us as any medicine we take. Not to mention that we take food three, four or five times a day and in substantially higher doses then medication. What is that ‘protein bar’ doing to your body? How will it interact with your gut microbes? How will that that corn dog affect your insulin levels? Food is medicine. Food has many beneficial as well as detrimental side effects. Start asking what your food is doing to your body.