Let Food be Thy Medicine & Thy Medicine be Thy Food
by Chef Sequoia
The above quote is from Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine, 460-377BC
The world has changed a lot since Hippocrates said those beautiful words. In fact it is as if he never said them. Today we tend to think of being healthy as just getting through the day, making a living, or not dropping dead. We think good health is the absence of disease. We look at the body as a bunch of different bits and pieces, we have all sorts of different doctors, the ear, nose, and throat guy; the skin guy; the heart guy and then when things go wrong we concentrate on the disease itself – like the oncologist, the cancer guy. Modern science is constantly focusing it’s microscope, seeing tinier and tinier bits and pieces, trying to figure out the puzzle of disease. Not health…….the disease. We have convinced ourselves that our health has nothing to do with what we eat. We spend lots of money and time buying the best trinkets and gadgets of top quality and when it comes to what we eat or put in our bodies we run to the nearest fast food restaurant because it is easy. It’s convenient. We think cooking and preparing food is just too hard! Baloney! We have created a separation between food and illness in our culture.
The time has come when we have to treat ourselves, our bodies and our health with the most nutritious ingredients to support our bodies , our organs so we can maintain good health, good energy, good mental health. So we have the stamina and energy to do good work, be good people, and to have the energy to help others. To enjoy life and all the blessings that are here for us.
We invite all of you to join us at Three Trees and get inspired and excited about all thehealing possibilities that are here for you. You can change your health. You can create an environment in your body that dis-ease can not grow. You will be vibrant, healthy, and full of energy.
If you believe there is an answer there for you. We believe it too! So this is our new website… WONDERFULLY RAW at Three Trees. In this months newsletter I am announcing the new series of gourmet raw foods cooking classes. We will be teaching RAW ITALY, FLAVORS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, and one of my favorites ASIAN FUSION.
Please join us on this journey. It will be so much fun and so tasty too!