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This review further put forward the possibility that cold-hot nature of food and Chinese medicine exert different biological effects on the inflammatory response via regulating the signaling pathways viz. NF-κB and MAPK.
2021 Food Research International New insights into molecular mechanisms of "Cold or Hot" nature of food: When East meets West Zhou Y, Xu B.
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This review explored that the cold and hot natures are not only linked to the chemical components such as water, carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids, but also correlated to the biological effects, comprising of energy metabolism, inflammation response, oxidation reaction, immune response, and cell growth and proliferation. Besides, this review further put forward the possibility that cold-hot nature of food and Chinese medicine exert different biological effects on the inflammatory response via regulating the signaling pathways viz. NF-κB and MAPK. More extensive studies are needed to consider the overall connections between both the biological effects and chemical components and how food processing affects the cold-hot nature of the food.
Very interesting paper to delve into. Have a look at Table 2 for a list of medicinal foods used by the participants in this study. Table 2: Plants used in the preparation of medicinal foods by Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants in the metro-Atlanta area.
—Jinnan C 29 Aug 2021
An alternative explanation is that this knowledge of herbal medicines is more restricted to TCM specialists, whereas medicinal foods play a more integral role in household folk remedies. The importance of medicinal foods in domestic health strategies should not be underplayed.
— 26 Aug 2021