Korean kimchi has always been considered a very healthy food around the world. Those who pay attention will notice that Korean kimchi is basically made from five colored ingredients:
White napa cabbage, green scallions, red chili peppers, yellow cabbage hearts, and paired with black shrimp paste. This not only looks good, but it also contains scientific nutritional knowledge.
Korean nutritionists believe that the nutrients contained in the five colored foods—white, green, red, yellow, and black—each have their own unique strengths, and using them in combination provides more balanced nutrition. White foods, such as pears, bellflowers, white radishes, and white mushrooms, can prevent heart disease, expel harmful substances from the body, and help boost immunity.
Green foods, such as green tea, green plums, spinach, and olives, can strengthen the functions of the kidneys and liver, and reduce or eliminate the damage of toxins to the human body. Research shows that green foods can improve immunity, promote metabolism, and relieve fatigue.
Red foods, such as strawberries, cherries, apples, tomatoes, watermelons, and plums, are mostly rich in iron, have the effect of treating iron-deficiency anemia and relieving fatigue, and strawberries and plums can also reduce inflammation.
Yellow foods, such as corn and bananas, are great body cleansers that can remove toxins from the blood. Eating more yellow foods can strengthen the digestive system and liver function, and also help people concentrate.
Black foods, such as black rice, black beans, and black sesame seeds, can prevent aging and make people look younger. Dark mushrooms are also considered black foods; they contain substances that promote skin metabolism and anti-aging, help accelerate blood circulation, and prevent wrinkles.
After reading this, you must not be confused. Taking the time to remember it will benefit you for a lifetime. Promoting the five-color combination in diet is not a Korean patent. In our country, traditional medicine has long had theories about eating food according to color, believing that food has five colors: yellow, cyan (green), red, white, and black, and that the five colors of food correspond to the five internal organs of the human body: red enters the heart, cyan enters the liver, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lung, and black enters the kidney. The five colors of diet should be properly adjusted so that nutrients can be cleverly utilized. Both Chinese food therapy and medicinal cuisine emphasize selecting foods of different colors according to an individual's physical characteristics and rationally combining them to cure diseases and strengthen the body.
For example, traditional sesame bean tea is a beverage made from white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, soybeans, goji berries, and tea. It visually conforms to the five-color principle, and its nutritional reputation is well-deserved. The general public can try to match it in their daily diet.