He states that over 2000 years ago the father of Greek medicine, Hippocrates, had already discovered that physicians are only the helpmates of nature, and that sick bodies need a period of rest for the body chemistry. If you simply stop inputting food, the organs will be able to expel accumulated wastes, and only then will the body be cleansed and returned to health.
他表示，二千多年前的醫聖希波克拉提斯就已經發現，醫生只是大自然的助手，病體需要一段「化學休息」的時間，只有停止供給食物，使器官可以排除聚積的廢物，才能夠清潔自己、逐漸康復。