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Chinese dietetics and its impact on human health
PAVLOVÁ, Martina
The main method of the thesis is a research that is focused on the comprehensive point of view on current knowledge in the field of Chinese dietetics. Today's busy lifestyle has a negative impact on our health. That results into increasing number of physical and psychological difficulties. The number of diseases of affluence such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, gout and myocardial infarction is constantly rising. Chinese medicine offers many ways to reach both physical and emotional resistance. Diet, as an important part of everyday life, can be significantly affected. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to familiarize with Chinese dietetics, whose centuries of proven knowledge and ancient wisdom let us learn about and give us access to healthy eating and its impact on quality of life. The thesis contains theoretical knowledge from the field of traditional Chinese medicine and diet therapy. Essential terms such as Qi, Yin and Yang, energy pathways, meridians or Zang-Fu organs, learning about nutrition according to the five elements, five tastes and five seasons of the year, are explained and to be found in this section, in detail. The thesis also presents an overview of chosen food and effects of this food to human organism. There is a unique approach in food evaluation regarding its nutrition and impact on the human body. The diet can be perceived as a preven-tion and medicine to most of the illnesses known.
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