Eat your way to good health

Author: Yang Peng
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: With the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living standards, chronic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, and diabetes are increasingly threatening people's health. Therefore, dietary therapy, food treatment, and food supplementation have become a growing concern. As early as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, there is the saying, "Five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for assistance, and five animals are for replenishment," to take them according to their flavors and properties to replenish essence and Qi. This fully illustrates the importance of dietary health preservation. Food is the fundamental means of health preservation. This book explores the characteristics, nutritional value, health preservation highlights, common misconceptions, and dietary therapy recipes of various foods, guiding you to discover the health-preserving properties and nutritional value of common foods around you, providing you with the best dietary guide. This book offers 125 food adjustment recipes and dietary secrets that can help you overcome illnesses and embrace health, helping you discover the nutritional value and health-preserving properties of common foods in daily life. Each food is paired with corresponding dietary therapy recipes. The content is divided into two parts: The first part analyzes the nutritional components, health preservation highlights, characteristics, and common misconceptions of various vegetables, fruits, grains, and meats. The second part introduces the characteristics, daily taboos, and health preservation highlights of common diseases, each accompanied by simple, easy-to-learn, and safe dietary therapy recipes.