‘Food and medicine continuum’ in the East and West: Old tradition and current regulation

ABSTRACT: Food-medicine products are important materials for daily health management and are increasingly popular in the global healthy food market. However, because of the biocultural difference, food-medicine knowledge may differ among regions, which hinders the global sharing of such health strategies. Aim at bridging the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West, this study traced the historical roots of food and medicine continuum of the East and West, which was followed by a cross-cultural assessment on the importance of food-medicine products of China, thereafter, the current legislative terms for food-medicine products were studied using an international survey. The results show that the food and medicine continuum in the East and West have their historical roots in the traditional medici

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975626 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature