People are exposed to different sociocultural changes in the modern world. The Chinese, especially the young generation, always puzzle towards the adoption between the traditional Chinese yinyang theory and the western nutritional concept. Attempts to examine the value of persistence of the two theories in Chinese society. Reviews and investigates the general framework and the content of the two theories with food samples. Draws conclusions that the fundamental principles of both theories are similar: to give advice to people in order to adjust their diet for healthy bodies. They have different categorizations and each theory has its own characteristics. It is unnecessary to search for a true theory between the two but it is better to accept their existence and adopt an appropriate one in suitable circumstances.
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1 February 1995
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February 01 1995
Food and health: the impact of the Chinese traditional philosophy of food on the young generation in the modern world Available to Purchase
Yee‐man Wu
Yee‐man Wu
Secondary school teacher in Hong Kong.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6917
Print ISSN: 0034-6659
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Nutrition & Food Science (1995) 95 (1): 23–27.
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Wu Y (1995), "Food and health: the impact of the Chinese traditional philosophy of food on the young generation in the modern world". Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 95 No. 1 pp. 23–27, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659510076521
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