Food is the best medicine (2) Small food, big effect

Author: Yu Kang
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The total amount of food consumed in a person's lifetime is about 60 tons. Such a large quantity of food is sufficient to significantly influence one's health trajectory. If we can establish a healthy lifestyle based on a balanced diet, food can become the best medicine for preventing diseases.
The "Food Is the Best Medicine" series in the Public Health collection aims to prevent diseases, starting from 12 of the main fundamental causes of various diseases, offering the best dietary solutions.
Now, this book, Food Is the Best Medicine 2: Small Food, Big Effects, by renowned clinical nutritionist and Deputy Chief Physician of the Nutrition Department at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dr. Yu Kang, introduces the extraordinary benefits of 98 common foods in daily life, based on the newest dietary pyramid of 2005. From both Chinese and Western medical perspectives, it fully explores the nutritional value of each food. It also provides detailed guidance on how to select, store, prepare, and consume these foods.
National Chief Expert in Health Education, Hong Zhaoguang, comments: "Currently, there are countless books on nutrition and diet in the market, but truly excellent ones are few and far between. Health science popularization books should prioritize 'credibility, clarity, and elegance,' but the challenge lies in achieving 'three in one'—'easy to understand at a glance, easy to use once understood, and effective once used.' This book has largely achieved this, making it a fine and outstanding work in health literature."