The human body obtains nutrients through diet to ensure normal life activities, such as the price of coenzyme Q10. The human body's demand for nutrients has its own rules. It cannot be deficient or excessive. Both deficiency and excess are not conducive to people's health and longevity. Therefore, in order to ensure the normal nutritional needs of the human body, it is necessary to pay attention to and value the reasonable preparation of food. What is considered reasonable preparation? This involves finding a mutually suitable balance point between the human body's needs and the nutrients contained in food. This balance point ensures that the absorbed nutrients are neither deficient nor excessive. Based on this principle, reasonable dietary preparation should focus on balance, suitability, and lightness.
A balanced diet focuses on equilibrium. Diet is the main way for the human body to obtain nutrients. Except when ill and unable to eat, or fasting, where nutrition must be supplemented through intravenous or other means, daily three meals are indispensable, hence the saying "people regard food as heaven." The composition and types of food are diverse. In terms of composition, there are grains, beans, poultry, livestock, fish, crabs, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, eggs, etc., which can be combined into different menus. In terms of types, there are main courses, side dishes, regular meals, snacks, drinks, banquets, etc. Faced with a variety of rich diets, people usually want to eat more and better. This demand often stems from psychological needs, or for indulging in taste, or for pursuing fashion. Like Han Xin commanding troops, more is always better. Anything "imported" is wanted, tasted, and consumed at will, neglecting the body's need for nutrients. The result inevitably leads to an excess of certain nutrients and a deficiency of others. Thus eating becomes unproductive, supplementation ineffective, affecting the health of the body.
Nutrient deficiencies affect health, cause diseases, and even death. This has drawn people's attention. The earliest discovery of nutrient deficiencies leading to disease was vitamin-related. For example: beriberi, scurvy, etc. This has been narrated in "The Discovery of Vitamins and Their Life Value," so I won't elaborate further. Another example: iron-deficiency anemia is due to a lack of iron elements. Furthermore, long-term malnutrition, lacking protein, leads to physical weakness and decreased immune function, making one susceptible to various diseases, especially increasing the risk of cancer. All these examples show that malnutrition and the deficiency of certain nutrients affect health and endanger life.
Nutritional deficiencies are detrimental to health. So, is nutritional excess beneficial? The answer is no. Look at Western society after World War II, where a trend of "three high diet" emerged—high protein, high fat, high calories. Initially, adopting this diet did improve people’s health and strengthen their physique without revealing any harmful effects. However, after several years, its harmful effects gradually became apparent, leading to an increase in the incidence of "rich man's diseases" such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular accidents, colon cancer, breast cancer, etc. These were adverse results caused by an excess of fats, sugars, and energy brought about by the "three high" diet. Currently, in China, obesity and diabetes are increasingly common, and the onset age of diabetes is showing a trend toward younger ages. These are all adverse consequences of nutritional excess. As living standards improve, people pay more attention to nutrition, especially caring for the next generation, fearing they don’t eat well or enough, constantly feeding them duck, chicken, fish, meat, and health supplements from a young age. The result is inevitably an excess of nutrition, leading to obesity and diabetes. This mindset, which only emphasizes nutrition without considering scientific principles, stems from a lack of scientific knowledge and an overly eager attitude.
After years of observation and research, people's understanding of diet and health has gradually deepened and improved. Today, a new concept that is more scientifically sound has been proposed: balanced nutrition. That is, dietary nutrition should be based on the principle of balance. In other words, it should neither be deficient nor excessive.
"Balance" refers to both uniformity and equilibrium. Uniformity means that among all nutrients, there should be comprehensive coordination. Equilibrium refers to the dynamic balance among all nutrients. This balance has qualitative requirements, quantitative requirements, and must meet individual health needs.
In terms of quality, it is important to ensure comprehensive nutrition. For the six major nutrients—water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals—all should be fully supplied, none can be missing. In daily life, each of the three meals should also ensure full supply, none can be missing. Each meal should calculate the intake of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, etc., like a nutritionist, performing calculations and preparations.
For ordinary people, this is both cumbersome and unrealistic. How to achieve the balance of nutrients, i.e., the comprehensiveness of quality? The most effective and feasible method is to diversify food. In daily life, one should not be picky or have preferences. Anything edible can be consumed. Some people dislike vegetables and fruits, which would lead to deficiencies in certain vitamins, minerals, and dietary fibers. Therefore, diversifying food is the foundation for ensuring balanced nutrition.
In terms of quantity, it is important to ensure the proportional balance among nutrients. The proportions among nutrients should not be equal but should be moderate. Food contains a variety of nutrients. Take rice as an example; its main component is starch, i.e., carbohydrates. But it also contains proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and dietary fibers, etc. If consumed alone, it would lead to nutritional imbalance. Rice-based nations, despite satisfying energy needs through three meals of rice daily, if they do not or rarely consume meat, eggs, and other foods, would suffer from protein deficiency, leading to weakened constitutions. Therefore, the appropriate proportion among nutrients is required to achieve nutritional balance.
A simple calculation method for the proportional balance among nutrients can be summarized as 3:2:1 plus three ones. That is, three portions of staple food, two portions of vegetables, one portion of meat (fish, etc.), plus one egg, one fruit, and one glass of milk. This basically ensures the daily nutritional needs.
Balanced nutrition also requires paying attention to nutritional complementarity. Each type of food contains different varieties and quantities of nutrients. Some nutrients may be abundant while others may be scarce or absent. To ensure nutritional balance during meals, attention should be paid to the combination of food varieties. For example, people who mainly consume rice as their staple food should ideally combine it with some legume-based foods. Since rice contains relatively low levels of lysine, long-term consumption could easily lead to lysine deficiency. However, soybeans contain 67 times more lysine than rice. Appropriately combining these foods can supplement the lysine deficiency in rice, achieving the goal of balanced nutrition. This is also commonly known as "protein complementation."
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