Suggestions for applying healthy eating to acupuncture and moxibustion therapy / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Apart from development of medical technology, how we prevent disease has been an important issue. <BR>Moreover, it has become clear that the diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage, which lead to the cause of death for a great portion of Japanese, are often caused by lifestyle factors and the outbreak of such diseases could possibly be prevented by changing lifestyle. <BR>At this seminar, the lecturers discuss developments in lifestyle especially paying attention to food. <BR>First a lecture was given from a viewpoint of caloric restriction and balance in relevance to healthy eating habits, next the effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on nutrition absorption, and finally oriental holistic foods concepts and the relationship between diet and disease. <BR>We held a discussion based on this lecture. and we reviewed the relation between diet and disease, the affect of acupuncture and moxibustion on nutrition absorption, and the view of the holistic meal as part of oriental medicine. Finally a useful possibility for combining diet with acupuncture and moxibustion therapy was suggested.