The difference between health food and general food
Health foods contain a certain amount of functional ingredients that can regulate the body's functions and have specific effects for a specific population. General foods do not have specific functions and no specific population. Health food can not be directly used to treat diseases, it is a human body mechanism regulator and nutritional supplement. The medicine is used directly to treat the disease.
The nutrients required by the human body are extracted from natural plant, vegetable, fruit and dairy products. For the use of the human body, it can be classified according to the three aspects of clearing, adjusting and supplementing. Regardless of the type of health food, it has a health-care purpose and cannot be quick-acting, but it can be beneficial to people for a long time.
There are many ways to prepare raw materials for health foods. In recent years, there have been compositions of Chinese herbal medicines, and Chinese herbal medicines have been used in human health since ancient times. The ancients divided the Chinese herbal medicine into the upper medicine, the middle medicine, and the lower medicine. The upper medicine is used for human health care, and the middle and lower medicines are combined with the monarch, the minister, the Zuo, and the medicine, and the right medicine is used to treat the disease. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "The medicine is good for life, non-toxic, multi-service, long-term service does not hurt people. Want to be light and good, not old, and the scripture." Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor of the Southern Dynasties, said: "The top grade is medicinal, and it can also send disease. But the power and thickness are not quick-acting. The years of regular service will be greatly benefited." Other Chinese herbal medicines generally have certain toxicity. It can be seen that the ancients used the essence of Chinese herbal medicine for human health and treatment.
What is the difference between health food and nutrition?
Health products are not nutritional products. There are many nutrients needed by the human body, such as water, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, etc. Nutritional products are generally rich in these nutrients, which are suitable for everyone. For example, milk is rich in protein, fat and calcium. Its nutritional value is high and everyone is suitable for drinking. The health food is a food that has a specific health function and is suitable only for a specific group of people, and its nutritional value is not necessarily high. Therefore, the various nutrients needed by the human body are still to be obtained from three meals a day.
Of course, health care products are better in some aspects. Health care products can obtain more than the nutritional products in terms of fixed health care functions. The minerals of the human body are not balanced, so in some aspects health care products have a greater advantage. In the absorption of the drug, the absorption of the tablets does not completely absorb some of the health care products in the medicinal liquor better than the tablets. For example, "Miao Yi Jiu Jiu", "Bai Ling Grain Liquid".
The difference between health care products and medicines
It is not appropriate to store different vegetables in the refrigerator. Because each vegetable has different requirements for temperature and humidity. Such as cucumber, bitter gourd, cowpea, pumpkin and other wet vegetables, suitable for storage in the environment of about 10 ° C, but not lower than 8 ° C; most leaves are cool, suitable for storage in the environment of 0 ° C to 5 ° C, but Can not be lower than 0 °C. The humidity suitable for storage of vegetables is about 85%. When storing vegetables, you can choose a thinner fresh-keeping bag, put the fresh vegetables in the fresh-keeping bag, and use the needle to tie 6 small holes in the bag, then seal the plastic bag. Store in a refrigerator at a suitable temperature. Be sure to remember that the purchased food should be packed into a non-toxic and harmless (generally non-PVC) food bag.
First, the production and formulation are different. The production capacity and technical conditions of pharmaceuticals must be strictly examined by relevant state departments, and through strict examination of pharmacology, pathology and viruses, and years of clinical observation, they can be put into the market after being appraised and approved by relevant departments. Health care products can be put into the market without going through clinical trials in hospitals. In this way, the drugs must have the exact curative effect and indications, and the adverse reactions are clear; the foods are not.
Second, the quality control of the production process is different. As a pharmaceutical vitamin product (medicine type), it must be produced in a pharmaceutical factory. The quality control requirements in the production process are very high, such as air cleanliness, sterility standards, raw material quality, etc. Currently, all pharmaceuticals are required to meet GMP standards. (Quality of pharmaceutical production); and as a food vitamin product (food size), it can be produced in food factories, the standard is lower than the standard of pharmaceutical production.
Third, the difference in efficacy. As a medicine, it must be clinically verified and approved by the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). It has strict indications and has a certain effect on the treatment of diseases. As a food health product, there is no therapeutic effect. Health indicators such as substances and bacteria can be listed after being qualified.
Fourth, the instructions and advertising are different. As a medicine, there must be a detailed instruction manual approved by the SFDA. The indications, precautions, and adverse reactions are very strict. As a food health product, the instructions are not so detailed and strict, which is easier to use as an exaggeration. Advertising.