By Today's Dietitian Staff — 2014
There's a range of none to poor nutrition education in medical curriculum. Doctors are functionally illiterate in nutrition, unless they make an effort to get themselves up to speed.—Andrew Weil
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Daytime television talk shows, popular podcasts and diet books on the New York Times best-seller list would have you believe that being healthy is complicated. Forget fad diets and fitness gimmicks. Just stick to the basics.
Food is an important part of pleasure. And getting — and staying — healthy can often be as simple as optimizing what we eat. But how do you know what to pick in a sea of endless grocery stores choices?
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A passion for food is one’s greatest tool in the quest for good health, according to Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times best-selling author and founder and director of The UltraWellness Center.
The key to excellent health and longevity is to eat a high ratio of micronutrients to macronutrients.