Diets & Nutrition

Just as cultures have been learning new medical practices from one another for centuries, cultures today can do the same when it comes to dietary habits. By picking and choosing the best aspects and ideas from each and disregarding the undesirable ones, a person can create a very healthy diet for themselves. Common characteristics to the Chinese, Japanese, Mediterranean, Mexican, Thai and Indian diets include the consumption of foods low in additives, little or no meat, large amounts of vegetables and grains, and foods low in saturated fats and cholesterol. Steaming food is the preferred method of preparation.