Generalization of the dietary structure of the Chinese nation

The traditional Chinese diet advocates the diversification of food types and the complementarity of foods containing different nutrients. The dietary structure of "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five riches for benefit, and five vegetables for enrichment" is characterized by a wide variety of food types, and a matching nature of the main and subordinate food types.

This dietary structure is not only suitable for the organization of the human digestive tract and the physiology of the human body to meet the needs of comprehensive nutrition, which contributes to the health of human beings and the reproduction of races; more importantly, it is able to shorten the human food chain, maximize the rational use of existing natural resources, and improve the resource efficiency of food.