b'Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your foodHippocrates 460-377 BCB ORN in 460 BC on the island of Kos, Greece, Hip-pocrates became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time. He based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. Hippocrates held the belief that illness had a physical and a rational explanation. He rejected the views of his time that considered illness to be caused by superstitions and by pos-session of evil spirits and disfavor of the gods. Hippocrates held the belief that the body must be treated as a whole and not just a series of parts. He believed in the natural healing process of rest, a good diet, fresh air and cleanliness. He noted that there were individual differences in the sever-ity of disease symptoms and that some individuals were better able to cope with their disease and illness than others. He was also the first physician that held the belief that thoughts, ideas, and feelings come from the brain and not the heart as others of his time believed. Hippocrates founded a medical school on Kos, Greece and began teaching his ideas. He soon developed an Oath of Medical Ethics for physicians to follow. This Oath is taken by physicians today as they begin their medical practice. He died in 377 BC. Today Hippocrates is known as the Father of Medicine. source: kosisland.gr6SUSTAINABLE GRINDS'