SAMA HOOLE: [Hippocrates'] prescription for epilepsy: Complete fasting. His results: Documented seizure cessation. His understanding: The body heals when digestive burden is removed.

Hippocrates, 400 BC:

"Everyone has a doctor in him; we just have to help him in his work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Let food be thy medicine."

His prescription for epilepsy: Complete fasting.

His results: Documented… pic.twitter.com/JDGjc9XC8n

— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) November 23, 2025

Hippocrates, 400 BC:

"Everyone has a doctor in him; we just have to help him in his work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Let food be thy medicine." His prescription for epilepsy: Complete fasting. His results: Documented seizure cessation. His understanding: The body heals when digestive burden is removed. 2,400 years later, we discovered he was right. Fasting induces ketosis. Ketosis stops seizures. But we had to rediscover it because pharmaceutical companies convinced us that ancient wisdom was primitive superstition. Hippocrates cured epilepsy with fasting. We forgot, then rediscovered it, then buried it again because it couldn't be patented. History repeats. Profits matter more than cures