# De diaeta 4.91

Hippocrates, De diaeta, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-diaeta/4.91

91. Ὅ τι δ’ ἄν τις περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁρέῃ κατὰ τρόπον γινόμενον πρὸς τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μήτε μέζω μήτε ἐλάσσω, ἀγαθὸν πρὸς ὑγείην ἐστί· καὶ ἐσθῆτα λευκὴν ἐνδεδύσθαι καὶ ὑπόδεσιν τὴν καλλίστην, ἀγαθόν. Ὅ τι δ’ ἂν ἔῃ μεῖζον τῶν μελέων ἢ ἔλασσον, οὐκ ἀγαθόν· ἀλλὰ χρὴ τὸ μὲν αὔξειν τῇ διαίτῃ, τὸ δὲ μειοῦν. Τὰ δὲ μέλανα νοσερώτερά τε καὶ ἐπικινδυνώτερα· ἀλλὰ χρὴ μαλάσσειν καὶ ὑγραίνειν· καὶ τὰ καινὰ μεταλλαγὴν σημαίνει.

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Hippocrates, De diaeta, ed. Émile Littré. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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