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Author: Zhang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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Everything grows depends on nutrition. Nutrition is the foundation of life, the basis of health, and the source of strength. Nutrition is also an important guarantee for people to have abundant energy, intelligence, a strong body for building careers, and a brain for managing finances. However, water can carry a boat but also capsize it; food can nourish but also harm. Illness stems from nutritional imbalance, while a healthy life lies in nutritional balance. The true source of nutrition is not the dazzling array of health supplements or the delicacies of the imperial court. The source of nutrition comes from the daily diet of three meals, from the meticulous combination of coarse and fine, meat and vegetables, and from the comprehensive, balanced, and scientifically reasonable intake of food. Eating more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains can provide rich vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber; choosing low-fat foods and a low-cholesterol diet can reduce the intake of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, lowering the risk factors for obesity and many chronic diseases; eating less salt and sugar can reduce the likelihood of high blood pressure; drinking less alcohol can improve appetite, prevent nutritional deficiencies, and protect the function of the digestive system, especially the liver and the nervous system; and so on. The famous Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao once said in The Thousand Gold Prescriptions, "When treating diseases, first use food therapy; if food therapy does not work, then use medicine." By reading this series of books, you will discover that grains and are actually medicinal, and vegetables and fruits can also treat illnesses. The nutritional knowledge and eating methods listed in the books will help you establish a reasonable and effective dietary concept, allowing you to understand the characteristics of food itself while achieving both deliciousness and nutrition, ensuring a healthy life!