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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🌿
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Root cause B7 · METRON M — Mitochondrial fitness

🔋 Mitochondrial Dysfunction

The cells' power plants are under-fuelled and low on energy — fatigue is a supply problem more often than a sleep problem.

How it works

Mitochondria turn food and oxygen into usable energy. They need B-vitamins, iron, magnesium, CoQ10, carnitine and a stable oxygen supply. Shortfalls, thyroid drift, poor sleep and inactivity quietly reduce their number and output, and every cell runs in power-saving mode.

Signs you might recognise

  • Tiredness that rest does not resolve
  • Brain fog and poor concentration
  • Muscle heaviness and slow recovery
  • Breathlessness on stairs
  • Cold hands and pale inner eyelids

Tests your doctor can use

Farmicine never diagnoses. These are the markers a clinician typically looks at for this pattern; bring them to your consultation.

Complete blood count and ferritinVitamin B12 and folateThyroid functionVitamin D; magnesium where available

Three phases of the plan

  1. Calm — check the supply: iron, B12, vitamin D, thyroid; fix sleep timing
  2. Rebuild — CoQ10, magnesium, B-complex and carnitine foods; iron with vitamin C
  3. Resolve — circadian living, Zone-2 cardio and strength training

Foods that address the pattern

  • Lentils and beans paired with lemon or amla
  • Dates, beetroot and pumpkin seeds
  • Eggs, fish, paneer
  • Millets and whole grains
  • Morning sunlight for vitamin D and rhythm

Maintenance after 90 days: Circadian living plus Zone-2 and strength training.

Health topics that sit on this pattern

Fibromyalgia (implicit)Heart failureInsulin resistance (mitochondrial)

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Connected patterns

⚖️Metabolic DysfunctionB3⚡Oxidative StressB2🧘Chronic Stress & HPA AxisB11🌸Hormonal ImbalanceB5

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Age-related corrections

📋 The Good Life checklist: common corrections by decade

A decade-by-decade list of the common nutrient and habit corrections most Indian adults benefit from checking, from vitamin D and B12 in the 20s to bone, hearing and protein after 60. Explains which items are food-first, which need a test, and which are doctor-first checks, and how the Good Life dashboard tracks them.

Age-related corrections

🧠 Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Indian Vegetarians: Signs

Vitamin B12 comes almost entirely from animal foods, so long-term vegetarian eating in India commonly leads to low levels that hide behind tiredness and brain fog. This guide covers the signs, who is at extra risk including metformin and antacid users, why curd is not enough, how to test properly, and what sensible correction looks like.

Age-related corrections

🩸 Iron and Ferritin in Indian Women: Beyond Haemoglobin

Tiredness, hair fall and breathlessness in Indian women very often trace back to depleted iron stores, sometimes long before anaemia shows. This guide explains ferritin versus haemoglobin, why menstrual loss and tea with meals keep women low, the vitamin C pairings and Indian foods that help, and why iron should be taken only when a test shows the need.

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.