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At the age of 24, he enlisted in the army as
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He was born into a modest family of traditional physicians, and continued their tradition by going into medicine. Having little wealth, he ended up teaching himself basic techniques while working as a language teacher. By the age of 16 he had already learned the Dutch language, essential to study
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The physical base of operation is achieved through proper daily intake of food, balanced at the level of mineral salts. Disease occurs because of an imbalance between sodium and potassium caused by eating improperly. According to
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that conventional medicine could not heal. He developed a theory that the secret to health and healing was to strengthen the body from within by a balanced dietary regime. The scheme was, however, almost the equivalent of the traditional
Japanese diet.
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During his professional career, he was disappointed by the western medical system and became gradually convinced that traditional medicine (which often relied on prescribing a simple change of diet) was more effective. He suffered from
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Ishizuka collected his studies in a work called "A Chemical Theory of
Nutrition on Health and Longevity", which was published in 1897 in Japan but has never been translated into any Western language.
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Western medicine in Japan. (He later also successfully mastered German, French and
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produces a certain effect, but what is inserted into the digestive system is basically what determines the relationship between sodium and potassium in the body.
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