Hippocrates: > 'Sudden death is more common in those who are naturally fat than in the lean' > 'Dieting which causes excessive loss of weight, as well as the feeding-up of an emaciated person, is beset with difficulties' > 'My advice is simple ... live on a piece of celery a day, and earn with much effort and sweat the money you need to buy it.' Advice has not gotten better; it has not gotten easier for physicians to manage their patients' weights. Citizen science has found better solutions. heavy-cream-diet.html honey-diet.html emergence-diet.html