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Over-weight.
Comparisons of population groups have demonstrated a close and consistent relationship between the adoption of this affluent
diet and the emergence of a range of chronic, noninfectious diseases, such as coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease,
various cancers, diabetes mellitus, gallstones, dental caries (cavities), gastrointestinal disorders, and various bone and joint
diseases (World Health Organization, 1990). In Traditional Chinese Medicine our bodies and our selves reflecting the world we live, our lifestyle the food we use, the environment.
The power of the Earth (plants) to be combined with products of the Sea (flexibility) and variation (spices and herbs), the key to a long and healthy life. Spirituality and consciousness important in decision taking; the main point stressed that life to be sought by man, not in himself or in his own power, but from outside, from Him who is emphatically to Life. (God, Spirit, Nature, Conscious).
The alternative, the man made/ruled society, State and industrialization, his obsession with material goods and at the end questions about the value of its foundations, what is best for humanity, sharing values, its longevity.
The food processing industry is a major part of modern economy, and as such it is influential in political decisions (e.g. nutritional recommendations, agricultural subsidising). In any known profit-driven economy, health considerations are hardly a priority; effective production of cheap foods with a long shelf-life is more the trend. Because processed foods are often cheaper, more convenient (in both purchasing, storage, and preparation), and more available, the consumption of nutritionally inferior foods has been increasing throughout the world along with many nutrition-related health complications. The patent is the road to a potential fortune,ability to control access and drive prices. There is little profit in selling of natural food, plants/products.
The craving for salt, despite the fact that most food are heavily salted, with sodium chloride, home-cooking, restaurant meals,
and preserved foods is a strong indication of potassium deficiency. Potassium is essential for even minimal nerve and muscle
functioning , cross-membrane transport, for neurotransmitters and hormones. However, our body cannot differenciate between salt
(sodium chloride) and the essential potassium chloride. Everybody knows that to much salt (sodium chloride) is not good and should be
avoided. Still sallt is added in large quantities to our food.
Not the amount in weight but numbers (different minerals, trace element, nutrients); available within the body important.
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