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Hippocrates, Medicine, And Food

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Hippocrates (born c. 460BC, died c. 377BC on the Greek island of Kos) is considered the father of medicine.  He spent his life proving that disease and healing were not acts of the Gods but rather physical phenomena that stem from natural causes — and that are potentially curable through observation, deduction, and treatment.

He took superstition out of healing and out of the hands of the priests and shamans — and put it into the hands of the people.

“Let Food Be Thy Medicine And Medicine Be Thy Food”

Hippocrates emphasized the importance of diet to health and to the body’s ability to restore itself.  He is famous for saying, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” a philosophy that is as pertinent and important today as it was thousands of years ago.

Yankee Stadium Food — 64 Years Ago

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These photos were taken at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York which I visited this week.  It’s fascinating how food always seems to be incorporated into museums of any kind.  As a born and bred New Yorker and a life-long Yankee fan I couldn’t pass up these photos.  The same food is still the standard in most ballparks although there are many more choices available, too.  It’s nice to know that vendors tossed bags of peanuts then as they still do now.  Sort of traditional ballpark behavior, isn’t it?

Love Those Candy Hearts . . .

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“Be Mine,” “Kiss me,”  “Sweet Talk.” The brightly colored hearts with the familiar sayings have been a Valentine’s Day treat since 1902. Their manufacturer, NECCO, the New England Confectionery Company, in business since 1847, expects to sell more than 8 billion candy conversation hearts this year.

The original candies with printed sayings were called “motto hearts.”  The sayings have been updated over the years with new ones added periodically. The candy is quite popular — NECCO sells out of their hearts,100,000 pounds a day, in six weeks.

NECCO has introduced new flavors and sayings for 2010. New flavors are strawberry, green apple, lemon, grape, orange, and blue raspberry and new sayings include “Tweet Me,” “Text Me,” “You Rock,” “Soul Mate,” “Love Bug,” and “Me + You.”

Although you’d be hard pressed to call them nutritious, they are fat free, sodium free, and a caloric bargain at about 3 calories apiece for the small hearts and about 6 calories apiece for the larger “Motto” hearts.