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Feb 06
2012

Chinese Principles of Diet

Posted by heretix in healthy eatinghealthCAM

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Chinese Traditional Cooking and Dietary Concepts originate in the Taoist philosophy of Yin and Yang and the theory of the Five elements. In the traditional medical theory, QI, the life force, comes from three sources: heredity, air, and food. It follows that in order to maintain health and balance