Dietary Recommendations and Restrictions Manual

Author: Dai Haoliang (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: "What should I eat, and what should I avoid?" This is a common question patients ask doctors. They know that many diseases are caused by a lack of certain nutrients in the body. Life experience also tells them that improper diet can affect health and recovery from illness. Not only patients but also healthy people may find that after consuming certain foods, they sometimes experience physical discomfort that affects appetite, sleep, or changes in bowel habits. Some people also want to enhance their physical fitness and improve their immune system through dietary adjustments. Perhaps influenced by traditional culture, Chinese people are more acutely aware of these issues and hope to learn more about the knowledge of "dietary do's and don'ts." Eating is a crucial and practical aspect of life, and no one should neglect it. As for whether one eats well or not, that depends on individual circumstances. But there is one thing that is the same: Eating must be scientific and reasonable, and it must be beneficial to health and recovery from illness. Not everything can be eaten—didn't the "SARS" outbreak result from the reckless consumption of wild animals? There must be a rationale and rules for what to eat and what not to eat, which is the focus of research on "dietary do's and don'ts" in both Chinese and Western medicine. This knowledge is included in various medical or related popular science books, but the content is often scattered and difficult to understand. Additionally, there are many books on "food therapy" that introduce recipes combining food and traditional Chinese medicine (also known as "medicinal cuisine") for health maintenance and the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, so far, there has been no concise, straightforward, and specialized booklet that focuses on "dietary do's and don'ts," is practical, and easy to implement. This book is organized in a manual-like format to make it convenient and quick for people of different situations to find the information they need. The knowledge of "dietary do's and don'ts" comes from the accumulation of thousands of years of life experience and is guided by the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine. It has also incorporated many new elements based on the development of modern medical science. Therefore, the scientific basis of "dietary do's and don'ts" is the theory of both Chinese and Western medicine. To avoid adding length and increasing the difficulty of reading, this book will not provide specific introductions or analyses of diseases or symptoms (readers can refer to relevant medical books on their own). To help readers better understand the basic principles of "dietary do's and don'ts" and their specific implementation methods, we will briefly explain and analyze some necessary and concise information about diseases and syndromes, avoiding professional medical terminology and academic discussions as much as possible to make the content clear and accessible. Whether the results meet the author's expectations will depend on the of the readers. Wishing everyone healthy eating, better, and more satisfying meals.