A new review published in the journal Food & Medicine Homology explores how the traditional Chinese concept of 'medicine-food homology' is evolving into a cutting-edge approach to personalized nutrition and proactive healthcare.
This holistic perspective stands in stark contrast to the Western approach, which has long treated food and medicine as entirely separate domains. However, as rates of chronic diseases continue to climb worldwide, there's growing recognition that our modern diets may be a major culprit - and potentially a powerful solution.
Rather than popping pills to address health issues after they arise, the medicine-food homology model emphasizes using diet proactively to maintain wellness and ward off disease before it starts.
'Many foods have not only nutritional value but also therapeutic effects, thus, there is no strict boundary between food and medicine in essence,' they write in their paper.
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