Healthy Kitchen Diabetes Care Recipes

Author: Lian Yulin / Yutian (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Diabetes is a common disease among middle-aged people, and its incidence rate has been on the rise year by year. Diabetes is an endocrine and metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, caused by various etiologies. Hyperglycemia is a systemic disease resulting from absolute or relative insufficient insulin secretion, posing a severe threat to human health after cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Its typical symptoms are "three more and one less," and in severe cases, it can lead to diabetic ketoacidosis or other types of metabolic disorders. Complications include acute infections, tuberculosis, atherosclerosis, renal and retinal lesions, and neuropathy, among others.
Dietary treatment for diabetes is guided by traditional Chinese medical theory, integrating natural foods with natural medicines organically. It preserves the nutritional benefits of natural foods while also providing the disease-preventive and therapeutic effects of medicines. Generations of medical experts have advocated the principle that "food therapy is better than medicine therapy." The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon also emphasizes: "Grains are for nourishment, fruits are for assistance, meats are for sustenance, and vegetables are for supplementation," which sufficiently illustrates that food therapy not only supplies the nutrients the body needs but also improves patients' constitution and enhances their disease resistance. This achieves the goals of preventing disease before it occurs, preventing complications once the disease has developed, and self-treating minor ailments. This is also the purpose of writing this book.
Following the principle that dietary treatment is key, this book is divided into two parts: Part 1: "Recipe Food Therapy" and Part 2: "Medicated Food Therapy." The book selects and presents the cooking methods, characteristics, and effects of over 500 different types of food with therapeutic and health benefits, including dishes, soups, pastries, porridge, juices, beverages, and teas. These recipes feature rational ingredient combinations, convenient preparation, and cost-effectiveness, making them highly scientific and practical.