{"id":38683,"date":"2026-03-23T20:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=38683"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:06:34","slug":"how-food-shapes-our-health-more-than-medicine-doctors-share-healthy-eating-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=38683","title":{"rendered":"How food shapes our health more than medicine. Doctors share healthy eating tips"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Our health is shaped by far more than what happens in a doctor\u2019s office. Research estimates that as much as 80 to 90 per cent of health outcomes are influenced by factors outside medical care, including diet, physical activity and other everyday habits.<\/p>\n

Yet food, one of the most powerful drivers of health, is rarely treated as medicine.<\/p>\n

The concept of food as medicine is not new, says Dr Jaclyn Albin, an internist and director of the culinary medicine programme at UT Southwestern Medical Centre in the US state of Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey found that people who were delivered healthy meals \u2026 stayed out of the hospital,\u201d Albin says. \u201cThey lived longer. They felt better. Imagine that: a healthy meal helps you heal. It brings longevity and comfort in a sickness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr Jaclyn Albin, internist and director of UT Southwestern Medical Centre\u2019s culinary medicine programme, says research showed people with advanced HIV who were delivered healthy meals stayed out of hospital. Photo: courtesy of UT Southwestern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Studies have found that improving access to nutritious food \u2013 whether through medically tailored meals or programmes that provide fresh produce \u2013 can help manage diet-related conditions such as heart disease<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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