La Santé par l'alimentation de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge. arts promulgated in 196 BC under

promulgated in 196 BC under Ptolemy V Epiphanes

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Professor of philosophy at the University of Poitiers

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are the product of a complex alchemy that blends natural conditions

La Santé par l'alimentation de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge. arts promulgated in 196 BC underSince prehistoric times, man has had the intuition that what he ate could sometimes heal him and even help him stay healthy. In Greece, more than 2,400 years ago, Hippocrates of Cos created "dietetics" whose primary objective was to prevent disease through appropriate diet and lifestyle (physical exercise, baths, massages, etc.). The fundamental principles of this "Hippocratic diet" were then further developed by doctors of the Roman Empire (Celsus,