See Confucius eat twelve military regulations

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        "Food is god to the people" is the core of Chinese culture, "eat" as man's first nature and fundamental appeal. How to eat well and the keeping in good health? Confucius in the analects of Confucius · XiangDang article "in records about eating twelve rules. Today, the twelve rules has very important reference value, it is worth reference for present.

        First, the "food Yi (sound: righteousness) and Ai (note: love), fish and meat tenacity loss, not food." "Yi", "Ai" two words mean what we eat food has exceeded its proper period and retention period; Fish, meat to rot do not eat. Place for a long time or deterioration of food often contain many pathogenic bacteria or carcinogen - nitrite, people eat can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and discomfort, and even have cancer risk.

        Second, "color evil, not food." Change the color of the original food that has spoiled or from within the rot. Therefore, this kind of food not food.

        Third, "smelly evil, not food." Some food smell has ChouBuKeWen, this is by the role of food microorganism and happen corruption metamorphism, and the oxygen in air oxidation reaction, causing food oil rancidity, produce foul odour, after food can cause food poisoning. This kind of food not edible.

        Fourth, "flesh out three days. The three days, not the food do." Ancient ritual ceremony with pigs, cattle, sheep for sacrifice, known as the "SanSheng". These offerings on the altar placed in the second day can be taken down. If these sacrifices meat more than three days, namely, do not eat.

        Fifth, "ask wine preserved city, not food." This is refers to the streets from buy wine and cooked meat, dried meat, quality does not let a person be at ease, so also do not eat. This and our current food quality confidence reduce similar, from adulterated wine, lean lean fine, trench oil, to three gather hydrogen amine mixed milk, abuse of all kinds of food additive, etc., let a person of food safety produce too much doubt. "Ask wine preserved city" should also eat carefully.

        Sixth, the "lost cooking, not food." Refers to the food of cooking temperature is insufficient, half cooked, greenness, is a fire big too ripe. Structures are not accord with the requirement of nutrition, so in Confucius view, so that the "lost cooking" thing is unfavorable feed.

        Seventh, "from time to time, not food." Mencius was a regular diet of Confucius praised Canada, yue: "the holy person". Mean, Confucius eat any food should pay attention to solar term seasonal and specific time. What say here ", "a refers to three meals a day of the specific time, another is to point to specific seasonal solar terms. Three meals a day, should be made to point, do not have time to eat not to eat. Pay attention to food seasonal solar terms, he has crossed the season did not eat fruit and vegetable.

        8, "meat, who are many, do not make - feed gas." Although the table all kinds of delicious meat very much, attractive and lick one's chaps, but also should be moderate, and grasp the good meat and other kinds of food proportion, can't let meat total amount more than staple food. This, in accord with the grain is the staple food of China's national conditions and health food, at the request of the vegetarian food is given priority to, element of meat or fish is tie-in, "meat is much", nor arbitrariness which the food, in the end, get a "three tenors", pot-bellied, too late to regret.

        Ninth, "no retreat ginger food, not much food." Confucius throughout the year diet not depart from ginger, he has every time after chewing suit ginger number piece of eating habits. Ginger also food also medicine, since ancient times was keeping in good health health care home as medicine. Folk also spread have "winter to eat carrots summer eat ginger, no pains doctors prescribe", "eat early three slices ginger, excel to drink ginseng soup" the proverb. But Confucius of ginger "not much food," ginger to eat many, on the contrary, adverse to the body.

        The first ten, "shall not the sauce, not food." In Confucius the s, stew to put on some all kinds of sauce, different food cooking also should match different kinds of sauce. Confucius "may not be the sauce" food is not food.

        11, "cut is not straight, not food." This one has a variety of interpretation, some said meat cut not party whole; Some said not to site and slaughtered; Some said not to first cut and cut standard operation, are categorized as "cut deviation". This one may be for food in etiquette.

        Article 12, "food not language, says bed." This article conforms to the health food requirements. Those who eat, sleep time, don't talk. When having a meal on the unison, noisy, both neither is elegant, also against dietetic hygiene, affects the table, adverse digestion. Of course, when having a meal is not absolute don't let to talk, or less said is preferred. (HanDeCheng)