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“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”— Thomas A. Edison🌿“No illness which can be treated by diet should be treated by any other means.”— Maimonides (commonly attributed)🌿“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”— Ayurvedic proverb🌿“Medicine and food share a common origin.”— Traditional Chinese medicine saying🌿“Food is medicine is not only an idea whose time has come; it is absolutely essential.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“Nature is the true healer. The physician is only nature's assistant.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided in nature; the challenge of science is to find it.”— Attributed to Paracelsus🌿“Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.”— Leonardo da Vinci🌿“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”— Attributed to Voltaire🌿“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”— Benjamin Franklin🌿“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise — not too little and not too much — we would have found the safest way to health.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise.”— Hippocrates, On Regimen🌿“Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life.”— WHO Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion🌿“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being — not merely the absence of disease.”— WHO Constitution🌿“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin🌿“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Do not eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Diet-related diseases produce crushing health and economic burdens.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Good food is a right, not a privilege.”— Alice Waters🌿“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”— Thomas A. Edison🌿“No illness which can be treated by diet should be treated by any other means.”— Maimonides (commonly attributed)🌿“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”— Ayurvedic proverb🌿“Medicine and food share a common origin.”— Traditional Chinese medicine saying🌿“Food is medicine is not only an idea whose time has come; it is absolutely essential.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“Nature is the true healer. The physician is only nature's assistant.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided in nature; the challenge of science is to find it.”— Attributed to Paracelsus🌿“Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.”— Leonardo da Vinci🌿“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”— Attributed to Voltaire🌿“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”— Benjamin Franklin🌿“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise — not too little and not too much — we would have found the safest way to health.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise.”— Hippocrates, On Regimen🌿“Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life.”— WHO Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion🌿“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being — not merely the absence of disease.”— WHO Constitution🌿“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin🌿“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Do not eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Diet-related diseases produce crushing health and economic burdens.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Good food is a right, not a privilege.”— Alice Waters🌿
Prevent · Protect · Heal
Elevate · DO

⚡ DO — Drive · Discipline · Self-Command · Ease

63 traits in this pillar, each entered in your own words. Choose the sentence that sounds like you; the page names the strength to build, the free practice, the aid that fits and when a doctor comes first.

Self-Command 21

“I keep chasing risky thrills to feel alive.”Soften Measured Thrill · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I drink more than I mean to and can't cut down.”Soften Clear Choices · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I smoke or chew tobacco and can't seem to stop.”Soften Tobacco Freedom · Self-Command
Practice · free
“I use ganja daily and it's draining my drive.”Soften Clear Motivation · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I can't function without several cups of coffee or tea.”Soften Natural Energy · Self-Command
Soften
“I crave sweets and can't resist them.”Soften Sweet Balance · Self-Command
Soften
“I keep eating past full and feel I can't stop.”Soften Eating Calm · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I eat to feel better when I'm stressed or low.”Soften Mindful Appetite · Self-Command
Soften
“I prefer packaged or fast food to home food.”Soften Real-Food Appetite · Self-Command
Soften
“I keep betting even though I keep losing money.”Soften Financial Restraint · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I can't put my phone down and check it constantly.”Soften Digital Balance · Self-Command
Practice · free
“I lose hours to gaming that I need for everything else.”Soften Play Balance · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I watch more explicit content than I want to.”Soften Desire Discipline · Self-Command
Practice · free
“I shop to cheer myself up, then regret it.”Soften Mindful Spending · Self-Command
Practice · free
“I say or do things before I've thought them through.”Soften Thoughtful Pause · Self-Command
Soften
“I always want things now, even if waiting pays more.”Amplify Long-View Patience · Self-Command
Amplify
“I take risks with driving, money or my own safety.”Amplify Safety Sense · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I keep switching jobs, plans or people before settling.”Amplify Staying Power · Self-Command
Practice · free
“I chew paan, supari or gutka every day.”Soften Chew-Free Freedom · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I rely on sleeping pills or painkillers more than I should.”Soften Natural Rest · Self-Command
Doctor first
“I use coffee and sugar to get through poor sleep.”Steady Steady Energy · Self-Command
Steady

Discipline 16

“I can never keep my room, desk or tasks in order.”Amplify Order · Discipline
Amplify
“I am almost always running late, however hard I try.”Amplify Punctuality · Discipline
Practice · free
“I agree to things and then don't manage to deliver.”Amplify Follow-Through · Discipline
Amplify
“I let important duties slide at home and with money.”Amplify Responsibility · Discipline
Practice · free
“I start lots of things but rarely see them through.”Amplify Completion · Discipline
Amplify
“I find it very hard to throw anything away.”Soften Letting Go · Discipline
Doctor first
“I get very uneasy when things aren't exactly as I like.”Soften Easy Order · Discipline
Soften
“I keep checking the lock or the stove again and again.”Soften Settled Mind · Discipline
Doctor first
“I can't seem to switch off from work, even at home.”Soften Work-Life Rhythm · Discipline
Soften
“I won't change my mind once I've decided something.”Soften Adaptability · Discipline
Practice · free
“I ignore rules because they feel like they don't apply to me.”Soften Self-Restraint · Discipline
Doctor first
“I am tempted to cut corners when I'm under pressure.”Amplify Integrity · Discipline
Practice · free
“I have stopped looking after myself and my space.”Amplify Self-Care · Discipline
Doctor first
“I spend money as fast as it comes in.”Amplify Money Discipline · Discipline
Practice · free
“I skip the helmet or seatbelt when I'm in a rush.”Amplify Safety Sense · Discipline
Doctor first
“I set up a system, then it falls apart within weeks.”Steady Systems · Discipline
Practice · free
When to see a doctor. Farmicine is wellness education, not medical advice. If a symptom is new, severe, persistent, or you take prescription medicine, are pregnant or care for a child, speak with a doctor first.