Abstract

Korean food has countless health benefits and has been used for centuries to keep the body in balance. Food and medicine are usually considered as one and the same thing. The idea that health starts with food means that medical treatment should be tried if any effect is not seen after trying to treat all diseases first with food. In order to help balance the body energies, there are five elements in these foods, namely fire, wood, water, metal, and earth. The dishes of the Korean people are synonymous with being healthy and delicious. Over the years, they have evolved from the culture, country’s geography, and traditions of the people of the Korean peninsula under various effects. To keep the body warm and healthy, the Koreans have developed fermented foods that improve metabolism. Korean gastronomy has been established on healthy food. The Koreans do not eat food to become full. Foods are prepared and consumed to be healthy, healthy food is consumed in order to prevent diseases, and individuals who get sick aim to heal with foods and refer to using medications in case these methods are insufficient.

Highlights

  • Korean culture Korean history dates back to ancient times

  • Methods/experimental In order to understand Korean medicinal food culinary culture, we investigate the Korean culture parts

  • The Korean culinary culture preserves its aim of producing healthy food with traditional cooking methods, cooking technology, basic principles, and knowledge

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Introduction

Korean culture Korean history dates back to ancient times. The first Korean state was founded in 2333 BC. Since the alphabet facilitates communication, Korea has become a country of culture, and this culture has become the reason why qualified human resources are raised by attaching great importance to education in the country. The gastronomy culture has the property of including the cultural values of societies in the longest period This characteristic is shaped according to the religious, agricultural, economic, and geographical features of societies [9]. Another definition of gastronomy culture is as follows: Food is one of the ways people define themselves as civilized. As a result of our study, in our opinion, the Korean gastronomy culture dates back to very ancient times and attaches importance to many philosophical values. For the reliability of this research, resources of the Korean Ministry of Culture sports and Tourism ve Korean Culture and information service were taken into consideration

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