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There is a folk saying that "you can make up what you eat". This sentence sounds simple, but it is widely circulated and has great influence. From ancient times to the present, at least China people believe it. However, to understand the meaning of this proverb, it is necessary to make it clear in two layers.

On the first floor, "what to eat". "What to eat" is the choice of food, but this choice is not only to satisfy appetite, but also to meet the needs of "hygiene", that is, how to enhance vitality, get rid of diseases and prolong life. China people have a basic view on "eating" from a long time ago, that is, everything that can be eaten is medicine, and ordinary fruits, vegetables, grains and animals have the function of nourishing the body if eaten. So at the beginning of the evolution of civilization, food and medicine were not separated. Later generations had medicine, which divided food and medicine into two categories, but the medicinal function of food was still widely valued. To a certain extent, the dietotherapy school of China health-preserving family spends a lot of time on the choice of food, that is, "what to eat". In the Song Dynasty, the food side rose, so health experts publicized its importance and necessity:

The only thing alive is food. I wonder if food is enough to survive. Without five meats, five fruits and five vegetables, you must get the grain first. If you were born with your husband, you will never be poor. Nothing is more beautiful than grain. If you know this method, you can protect viscera, nourish blood, refresh your mind and heal diseases, then why not seek it from outside? Sun Zhenren said that doctors know the source of the disease first, know what disease they have committed, treat them with food, and then prescribe medicine. ...

Dietotherapy has a long history. Far away, when I was in Shang Tang, I probably had Yi Yin. Yi Yin's adoptive father Xin Shi is a cook. When Yi Yin grew up, he was proficient in cooking and had a deep study on the taste and function of food. He once said to Shang Tang: "Use the new to get rid of the old, reason is smooth, essence is new, evil is exhausted, and profit is not collected." His words can really serve as a basic theoretical program of dietotherapy school, and it is no exaggeration for future generations to regard him as a gourmet and a physician. In this neighborhood, we can cite Hu Sihui in Yuan Dynasty, Gao Lian who wrote Eight Chapters of Respect for Life in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yizun who wrote The Secret of Fresh Food in the early Qing Dynasty. Hu Sihui is a master of dietotherapy school. He is an overeating doctor, in charge of court diet and medicine tonic. He is a senior nutritionist around the emperor. Hu Sihui summarized a whole set of methods and theories of food supplement and dietotherapy based on the dietary practice of court nobles and referring to Compendium of Materia Medica and famous doctors' prescriptions, which was originally intended to serve the emperor's "longevity", but objectively became the application guide of dietotherapy in health preservation. Gao Lian is a sage who lives among the people. Based on his personal experience of long-term illness, he put forward a clear view and requirement on the diet structure: "It is difficult to prevent drinking and writing, and it is difficult to get food." The extension of this requirement is basically suitable for citizens' health standards. As for Zhu Yizun, he was a famous Confucian at that time. Why was he so interested in diet besides studying the history of Confucian classics? Because the author's preface has been lost, it is impossible to know for sure. Maybe Zhu Yizun doesn't think "eating" is a way. There are many cooking things in the Confucian classic "Book of Rites", and Confucius also said that "food is not tired of essence, food is not tired of detail" and so on. Paying attention to life support is not only the concept of Taoism in Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also the concept of Confucianism in Confucius and Mencius. The above three people respectively represent the common position of the upper class, civil society and intellectuals in China on the relationship between diet and "hygiene", which seems to indicate that in the traditional life of China people, "what to eat" has a wide awareness. Behind this consciousness is the secular concern for life. "So, a person who studies life cannot but eat well." People even pin their hopes of longevity on dietary supplements, so that "what to eat" has become an ideal goal for many people to live and live well.

On the second floor, "make up what you eat." Because the first level of "what to eat" embodies the important goal of defending life, "what to eat and what to supplement" is a purposeful method and strategy. The meaning of this sentence should first be reversed, that is, "eat whatever you have." According to China's medical classic Huangdi Neijing, people who are "acquired" are always losing money day by day due to the influence of the environment, and it is difficult to live forever. This kind of loss occurs in all parts of the body, but generally speaking, it is in two aspects, namely, the loss of yin and the loss of yang. So make up-Yin and Yang. Make-up can prolong life, live to 100 to 800 years old or 1000 years old, or even become immortal. The standard of "what to make up" in later generations is determined according to the words "Yin" and "Yang". Determine "what to make up" and relatively determine "what to eat". However, there are many names for "what to eat". According to the "five elements" and "five colors", and then participate in each other's "five flavors" to make up for a physical loss, you will eat more. For example, if your spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, you can list dozens of kinds of porridge to keep you eating. This is certainly troublesome, but China people seem to be not afraid of trouble, and the result of trouble is more and more worth "eating". In this way, the equivalent relationship between the eaten object and the compensated object belongs to the exclusive relationship. In a word, it is "eat A for A" and "eat B for B". Here, the classic "analogy theory" of traditional Chinese medicine is undoubtedly easier to apply when choosing the object of food supplement, and "intentional medication" has also been replaced by "intentional eating" of dietotherapy school. If a person has kidney deficiency, it goes without saying that pig kidney, sheep kidney, dog kidney and the like are the best food for tonifying kidney. By analogy, the problems of heart, lung, spleen, stomach, liver and other organs can be cured by taking corresponding parts from other animals and cooking them. What if a person's innate qi leaks? Naturally, it is necessary to supplement deficiency by eating gas. There is a guidance method that will teach him to face southeast in the middle of the night and suck in the breath of heaven and earth. There is also a kind of person who feels that his body is not strong enough to last long, hoping that one day his body will not rot like metal, so he will take elixir and burn stones as food. Or simply save trouble and follow the advice of Zhang Junyi, the last medical officer: eat silk. Because spun silk is very long, if you eat it, your life will continue to grow until you become a fairy. Su Dongpo knew this wonderful method of eating silk, and joked that the world never dared to "eat clothes and rice" from now on. It is not difficult to imagine that people really had a spirit of daring to think and eat in the past.

Health-preserving people do not hesitate to push "what to eat and what to make up" to the extreme, and even expose the obvious falsehood. To some extent, it is only limited to satisfying the literati's fantasy of longevity, which is probably of little significance to ordinary people. After all, ordinary people, unlike dreamers, don't have to be immortals. Therefore, what ordinary people want to achieve is very secular and practical. The most effective way for medical staff to take care of the wishes of the civilian class is to "nourish yin and strengthen yang". The modern popular phrase "what you eat supplements what you eat" is self-evident and targeted, and everyone understands it. Secular desires are normal. Ordinary people, like ordinary people, want to stay healthy in life in eat drink man woman. So you can hear "three whips" and "five whips" where there is well water. Vulgarity is inevitable, but it has a long tradition and profound meaning. China people firmly believe that "you can make up what you eat", which is a must.

At this point, what I want to say is probably all. What's left is that "what you eat supplements what you eat" is still a popular buzzword. Although this sentence is often said by elegant people in high-end restaurants and high-end banquets, it still smells like a health home for two thousand years.

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