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WELLNESS IN HOTELS IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL BUT COMPULSORY AND IT STARTS WITH FOOD .
By DAVID EISEN , EDITOR IN CHIEF
“ food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food .” The quote , attributed to Hippocrates , known as the father of medicine , holds up today as it did back then — when cold-pressed juices and acai smoothies weren ’ t readily available at the corner shop .
The world has evolved much since the time of Hippocrates and now people are trying to take better care of themselves as they age , and food is a gigantic part of the health journey . The hotel industry has picked up on this and have created programs — even their own brands — that key in on this growing segment , which has become less afterthought and more compulsory .
According to the Global Wellness Institute ( GWI ), a nonprofit
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