1st Edition
Korean Food Systems Secrets of the K-Diet for Healthy Aging
The Republic of Korea (ROK) is projected by 2030 to have the longest living population compared to any nation on earth. A girl born in the ROK in 2030 will live up to 90.8 years on average. What are the reasons for this improvement in longevity?
Among many insights for longevity among the people of the ROK is the diverse Korean ethnic diet with roots in a traditional diet that has been preserved for centuries. Korean Food Systems: Secrets of the K-Diet for Healthy Aging provides an integrated and holistic approach towards the understanding how food systems of the ROK and experiences of the last 60-plus years has been sustained by traditions and ecology integrated with contemporary advances in technology and the economy.
Key Features:
- Discusses the rationale and basis of food systems, traditions of healthy eating, and healthy aging in the Korean population and why by 2030 they will be the longest living population on the planet
- Reflects on the role of historical, cultural, and traditional food and dietary concepts of Korea and how they have influenced healthy eating habits, contributing to health and longevity
- Discusses the relevance of the modern genetic concepts of nutrigenomics and epigenetics, metabolic concepts such as circulation, and food concepts such as fermented and functional foods in advancing healthy food concepts and longevity
- Provides insights how a large population can advance an integrated holistic food-based approach to longevity and wellness
As a collaboration between various outstanding authors, the insights from this book can provide global examples to align similar approaches and policies in other countries in different ecologies of planet earth.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
PREFACE: PERSPECTIVES AND VISION OF THE BOOK ix
EDITORS xv
CONTRIBUTORS xix
INTRODUCTION: WISDOM AND ECOLOGY OFKOREANFOOD SYSTEMS IN THE MODERN WORLD: INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES ON ADVANCING DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC FOODS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FROM K-DIET 1
KALIDAS SHETTY
CHAPTER1 KOREAN ETHNIC FOOD PROVIDES A NEW PARADIGM FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY 9
SANG CHUL PARK
CHAPTER2 KOREAN LONG LIVING PEOPLE: WHAT AND HOW TO EAT TO LIVE 23
MEE-SOOK LEE
CHAPTER3 KOREANS SELECT FOOD ALIGNED AND SUITABLE FOR THEIR CONSTITUTION 47
CHERL-HO LEE
CHAPTER4 THE ANSWER FOR A HEALTHY LIFE IS A KOREAN TRADITIONAL DIET 65
DAE-YOUNG KWON
CHAPTER5 KOREAN FERMENTED FOODS FOR HEALTHIER LONGEVITY 107
DONG-HWA SHIN
CHAPTER6 FOOD ALTERS GENES: UNDERSTANDING NUTRIGENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS 147
KYONG-CHOL KIM
CHAPTER7 GOOD BLOOD CIRCULATION IS VITAL TO YOUR HEALTH 171
SOO-WAN CHAE
CHAPTER8 HEALTH FUNCTIONAL FOOD MARKET IS THE TREND 197
HYUN WOO KIM, SEA MI PARK, GYU HAN JO, SUN MIN KIM, AND HYUN JIN PARK
INDEX 221
Biography
Dong-Hwa Shin, Kalidas Shetty