What is health food?
2024-10-03 07:01:39
1. Definition of health food
Article 3.1 of the GB16740-97 "General Standard for Health (Functional) Foods" defines health foods as: "Health care (functional) foods are a type of food, have the common characteristics of general foods, can regulate the functions of the human body, and are suitable for consumption by certain people. , but not for the purpose of treating the disease."
2. Difference between health food and general food and medicine
Health foods contain a certain amount of functional ingredients that can regulate the body's functions, have specific effects and are suitable for specific groups of people. General foods do not have specific functions and there is no specific range of human consumption.
Health food can not be directly used to treat diseases, it is a human body mechanism regulators, nutritional supplements. The medicine is used directly to treat the disease.
3. The basic characteristics of health food
Health foods are divided into functional categories: body mechanism regulation, longevity, weight loss, adjuvant therapy, and other nutritional types.
Regardless of the type of health food, it has a health-care purpose and cannot be quick-acting, but it can be used for a long time to benefit people.
The composition of raw materials for health foods has a variety of ways. In recent years, there have been many ways to use Chinese herbal medicine as a raw material, and Chinese herbal medicine has been used for human health care since ancient times. The ancients divided the Chinese herbal medicine into top grade medicine, middle grade medicine, and inferior medicine. The top grade drugs are used for human health care, and medicines are added according to the king, the minister, and the assistant, so that they can be used to treat diseases. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica," said: "On the drug life-saving, non-toxic, multi-service, Jiufu does not hurt people. If you want to lighten your breath, not old and prolonged, on the classics.". The famous doctor Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasties said: "If you are good at drugs, you can also send illnesses. However, strength and thickness are not quick effects. Regular service will be greatly benefited." Other Chinese herbs are generally toxic. It can be seen that the ancients have won the essence of using Chinese herbal medicines for human health care and treatment.
The development, production, and administration of health foods are different from those of medicines, especially health foods using Chinese herbal medicines as raw materials. Health foods cannot have the fast-acting properties like medicines, but they must be non-toxic.
Article 3.1 of the GB16740-97 "General Standard for Health (Functional) Foods" defines health foods as: "Health care (functional) foods are a type of food, have the common characteristics of general foods, can regulate the functions of the human body, and are suitable for consumption by certain people. , but not for the purpose of treating the disease."
2. Difference between health food and general food and medicine
Health foods contain a certain amount of functional ingredients that can regulate the body's functions, have specific effects and are suitable for specific groups of people. General foods do not have specific functions and there is no specific range of human consumption.
Health food can not be directly used to treat diseases, it is a human body mechanism regulators, nutritional supplements. The medicine is used directly to treat the disease.
3. The basic characteristics of health food
Health foods are divided into functional categories: body mechanism regulation, longevity, weight loss, adjuvant therapy, and other nutritional types.
Regardless of the type of health food, it has a health-care purpose and cannot be quick-acting, but it can be used for a long time to benefit people.
The composition of raw materials for health foods has a variety of ways. In recent years, there have been many ways to use Chinese herbal medicine as a raw material, and Chinese herbal medicine has been used for human health care since ancient times. The ancients divided the Chinese herbal medicine into top grade medicine, middle grade medicine, and inferior medicine. The top grade drugs are used for human health care, and medicines are added according to the king, the minister, and the assistant, so that they can be used to treat diseases. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica," said: "On the drug life-saving, non-toxic, multi-service, Jiufu does not hurt people. If you want to lighten your breath, not old and prolonged, on the classics.". The famous doctor Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasties said: "If you are good at drugs, you can also send illnesses. However, strength and thickness are not quick effects. Regular service will be greatly benefited." Other Chinese herbs are generally toxic. It can be seen that the ancients have won the essence of using Chinese herbal medicines for human health care and treatment.
The development, production, and administration of health foods are different from those of medicines, especially health foods using Chinese herbal medicines as raw materials. Health foods cannot have the fast-acting properties like medicines, but they must be non-toxic.
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