Food as Drug??

I was watching a show on functional medicine. It is doctors who after medical school have taken medicine a step further. These doctors have studied holistic medicine and merge the two in a new way. They believe that correct diet can correct many diseases and illnesses instead of prescription medicines. I find it interesting and am gonna do some further research into the topic. What is your opinion?

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