回想大三在醫學院修習生物化學，除了對大型階梯教室的印象，最深的就是痛苦。除了微積分外，生化大概是我當時最難以產生成就感的一門學科。

生物化學，其實是大自然極為細緻的運作機制，每一刻都在所有動植物體內上演。它是自然軌跡的一部分，也是維繫生命不可或缺的精密基礎。

離開學校後，我一度認為生化是生化學家的領域，對我們這些非研究者來說，最大的收穫，就是認知到：人體是極度複雜的系統。

 

直到深入實踐斷食後，我從身體的角度重新領悟生化的意義：它不只是進化的引擎，更讓我看見人體的卓越與自我修復能力。

健康，就是讓體內的生化反應走在一條「無干擾、無囤積」的正向路徑上。

而藥物所帶來的化學干預，並非人體原始的生化組成，更可能導致一連串干擾正常機制的反應。許多訴求「快速見效」的藥，往往也是最具破壞性的藥。

 

在醫學院工作的那兩年，我通過了出國進修的所有準備與考試，原打算赴海外專攻細胞診斷學，也就是透過顯微鏡辨識異常細胞的技術。血液抹片、子宮頸抹片，這些都是基本技能。

但當時的我對於取樣的準確性、檢視的標準化程度仍存疑，因為太多的人為變數，可能導致誤判。

檢查，只是讓受測者得知「當下」的狀態；而這些結果，其實建立在高度變動的條件之上。

也許是直覺提醒我，這樣的專業並非我的方向。後來不斷聽聞抹片未檢出卻最終確診子宮頸癌的案例，更加深了我的感受：細胞診斷固然專業，但無法保證全面。

 

其實，所有健檢項目都是身體的「定格畫面」，只是確認某一天是否看起來「還不錯」。

健檢究竟是為了心安？還是為了預警？從每天測量血糖、血壓，甚至天天量體重的人來看，我們早已進入一種被數字牽著走的生活方式。

這種數字教育的匱乏，是否已經成為醫學教育的警訊？數字教育的檢討是否應該成為醫療教育的正課？

 

拆解「知道」這個詞，你會發現，我們太著迷於「知」，卻忘了「道」的真正意義。

什麼事都「不知道」，不知道自己身體怎麼了、不知道怎麼處理，只能等待最壞的結果發生。

於是吃藥，期待透過藥物獲得健康；於是恐懼，害怕某天身體崩壞卻無能為力。

 

但真實的身體法則中，沒有「最壞的結果」，只有「更好的未來」。

病痛的成因，往往不是來自身體的錯，而是我們長期活在恐懼、不安、人云亦云之中，誤以為這是常態。

病痛是藥物邏輯與副作用的延伸，是我們過度依賴他人定義的數字健康觀所導致的結果。

 

當外國人盛讚台灣的健保與醫療水平，許多人並未察覺我們正身處「溫水煮青蛙」的陷阱。

在社會集體推崇「數字醫學」的氛圍中，我們卻反而因這些數字衍生出更多病痛。

善良的台灣人，因為重情重義，更容易成為這種醫療文明浪潮的推手。

一位富豪捐資成立癌症醫療中心，看似是慈善，背後是否也透露出我們文明的方向正加速走向重症化的未來？

 

對於那些正覺察身體不健康、正在思索健康之道的你，我想提醒：療癒從未停止，身體也從未停止為你努力。

你該做的，不是主導，而是配合。配合身體的修復節奏，協助它朝健康邁進。

療癒是由免疫系統主導的工程，而免疫系統仰賴腸道微生物群的訊息支援；腸道微生物需要無食物干擾的時間與空間，才得以正常運作。

 

人體的療癒系統正不斷進化，發展成一個由大腦、腸道與微生物共構的三方通訊系統，而其中最關鍵的角色，是你長久忽略的細菌。

細菌與免疫、大腦意識之間形成雙向的動態關係，干擾這個系統最深的，就是我們將「飲食與時間」綁在一起的習慣。

飢餓，是一種被動訊息；療癒，則是一種主動行動。兩者之間的權衡必須把你每日的飲食節奏還給身體主導，而不是由時間和食物控制。

 

如果你還執著於檢查的那一點，請練習轉向，去看見身體正在經營的「療癒的那一面」。

因小失大、顧此失彼、迷信數字、忽略真相，這些都是迷失方向的軌跡。

當我們吃到的是慰藉而非食物，接受的是慰藉而非治療時，我們早已偏離了健康的正軌。

生命的真相，是「無有」，但我們卻不斷追求「擁有」；療癒的真相，是「自然」，而我們卻選擇「化學」。

擁有的快樂短暫，治療所帶來的安全感也短暫，這些都不是生命的真義。

那位告訴我斷食的人，成為我生命中最重要的貴人，因為所有的覺察與領悟，皆源自斷食的啟發。

 

（你可能還沒被病擊倒，就已經被治療方式害死了。）

 

A Snapshot vs. A Panorama: The Point of Diagnosis and the Landscape of Healing

Back in my junior year of medical school, I remember taking biochemistry. Aside from the image of the large lecture hall, what remains most vividly in my memory is the pain. Other than calculus, biochemistry was the subject that gave me the least sense of accomplishment.

Yet biochemistry is, in truth, the intricate mechanism of nature—constantly at work inside every living organism. It is part of nature’s trajectory, and a delicate, indispensable foundation for sustaining life.

After leaving school, I once regarded biochemistry as a domain solely for biochemists. For those of us outside the research field, the most valuable takeaway was the realization of just how complex the human body truly is.

It wasn’t until I deeply practiced fasting that I began to reappreciate the meaning of biochemistry from the body’s perspective. Biochemistry is not just the engine of evolution—it is a window into the human body’s brilliance and its self-repairing potential.
Health, in its essence, is the smooth and uninterrupted flow of biochemical reactions in a direction that involves neither interference nor accumulation.
Chemical interventions, like medication, do not belong to the body’s original biochemistry. Instead, they often trigger reactions that disrupt its natural systems. Many drugs promising “quick results” are also the most destructive ones.

During the two years I worked in a medical school, I completed all the requirements and exams for studying abroad, intending to specialize in cytopathology—the microscopic identification of abnormal cells. Techniques such as blood smears and Pap smears were part of the standard toolkit.
Yet I remained skeptical about the accuracy of sampling and the consistency of diagnostic standards. There were simply too many human variables that could lead to misjudgment.
Medical tests only provide a glimpse of one’s present condition, and even that is based on highly fluctuating parameters.
Perhaps it was my intuition telling me that this field was not my calling. Over time, as I kept hearing cases of cervical cancer that went undetected by routine smears, my doubts deepened: while cytopathology is indeed a specialized science, it can never be fully comprehensive.

In truth, all health examinations are merely snapshots of the body—frozen frames confirming that, on a certain day, things seemed fine.
So what are health checks really for? Peace of mind? Early warnings? For those who measure their blood sugar, blood pressure, or weight daily, we’ve long slipped into a lifestyle dictated by numbers.
This lack of education around numbers—could it already be a red flag in medical training? Shouldn’t “numerical literacy” be a core part of medical education?

When you dissect the word knowing, you’ll find that we’re far too fixated on knowledge and have forgotten the deeper essence of the way.
We no longer know what’s happening to our bodies. We don’t know how to respond. And we’re left waiting for the worst to arrive.
So we take pills, hoping medicine will restore our health. We live in fear—fear that our bodies will collapse and we’ll be powerless to stop it.

Yet in the real laws of the body, there is no such thing as “the worst.” There is only the possibility of “a better future.”
Illness is rarely the body’s fault. Rather, it stems from our prolonged immersion in fear, anxiety, and blind conformity—mistaking this condition as normal.
Pain and disease are often the result of medication logic and side effects, a byproduct of our excessive dependence on numbers defined by others.

While foreigners praise Taiwan’s healthcare system and National Health Insurance, few realize we are sitting in a pot of slowly boiling water.
In a society that celebrates “numerical medicine,” we are paradoxically burdened by more illness precisely because of those numbers.
The kind-hearted people of Taiwan, driven by their deep sense of loyalty and compassion, have inadvertently become enablers of this medical civilization’s momentum.
A wealthy philanthropist donates to build a cancer center—it appears generous, but does it also signal that our society is rapidly advancing toward a future dominated by severe illness?

To you who are beginning to sense your body is not well and are seeking the path to health, I want to say: healing has never ceased, and your body has never stopped working for you.
Your task is not to control, but to cooperate—to align with your body’s rhythm of repair and assist it in moving toward health.
Healing is a project led by the immune system, and the immune system relies on signals from the gut microbiome. These gut microbes need time and space free from food interference in order to function properly.

The body’s healing system is constantly evolving—into a triadic communication network formed by the brain, the gut, and microbes. And the most critical player among them is the bacteria you’ve long ignored.
There’s a dynamic feedback loop between bacteria, immunity, and consciousness. What disrupts this system most deeply is our entrenched habit of tying eating to time.
Hunger is a passive signal; healing, an active pursuit. Finding balance between the two means returning the control of daily dietary rhythms back to the body—rather than allowing time or food to dictate the terms.

If you’re still clinging to that single “point” on your medical report, try shifting your focus to the panoramic view of healing your body is working on every day.
Losing sight of the big picture, worshipping numbers, and ignoring the truth—these are the paths of misdirection.
When food becomes comfort instead of nourishment, and medication becomes consolation rather than cure, we’ve already strayed from the path of true health.
The truth of life is emptiness, yet we keep chasing possessions. The truth of healing is nature, yet we choose chemistry.
The joy of possession is fleeting. So is the false sense of security that treatment provides. These are not the true meanings of life.

The person who introduced me to fasting became one of the greatest mentors in my life. For it is from fasting that all awareness and awakening first began.