Eating Is The Way To Health

We enjoy eating - it’s part of who we are and part of our culture; in fact, eating is the hottest universal topic of all times. We depend on eating: the foods we eat are the sole source of our energy and nutrition. We know so much about eating: we are born with the desire to eat and grown up with rich traditions of eating. But we also know so little about eating - about how the foods we eat everyday affect our health. Based on experiences and traditions, our ancestors have used foods and plant materials to treat various kinds of illness. Today, plant and food remedies are still the major medicinal source for 80% of the world’s population.

The pharmacological roles of everyday foods have long been neglected by modern medicine due to lack of proven scientific validity. The main focus of modern medicine has been on pharmaceuticals. The precise and pure nature of modern biomedical pharmaceuticals also tends to increase their side effects. In addition, with the victory over many common infectious diseases, more people are concerned with chronic degenerative processes and with prevention of disease. More and more mainstream scientists are reaching back to the truth of ancient food folk medicines and dietary practices for clues to remedies and antidotes to our modern diseases.
Research on pharmacological effects of foods is fast-paced and the results are exciting. In order to effectively use foods for our health benefits, the following issues need to be considered:

Choice of foods is important: since healing power of a food is depending on the content of pharmacologically active constituents that differ among foods and certain foods may need to be avoided due to their disease encouraging activities
How do you prepare and eat your foods can affect their pharmacological effects
Concerns about multiple health conditions: foods that benefit one health condition may be harmful to others
Overall nutritional values of foods

By: firmansyah

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