^{Even the health-oriented amongst us, those who do not care too much for the fast-pace pill-popping society we live in, are still influenced by our surroundings and our eating habits. Vitamins and supplements fill the health shop shelves and we have a feeling of furthering our preventive approach when we swallow, with our breakfast, a series of vitamins in form of pills. The expression "expensive urine" is often heard and serves as an accurate description of the mutations of some vitamins within our body. The Pakua approach to nutrition is one that enables the body to receive the right amount of vitamins and vital nutrient, through the processing of regular food intake. Eating the right food, in the right quantity in the right amounts will supply the body with all it needs in order to maintain proper harmony and vitality in all of its daily activities. Once again, the philosophy of helping the body deal with its daily tasks, rather than taking over its job, comes in to action. Even during periods of illness - or disharmonies, as the Chinese view would call it - changes in nutrition to supplement the body with substance it might have been depleted are preferable to ingurgitating foreign matters. During the course of day the body performs different functions and has different needs. The human body arising from a night's sleep has a need for certain alimentation that will help it awaken and perform its functions. This period and the nutritive requirements that come with it ends at some point during the day and other needs arise. Here again the concept of the Sky Man and Earth divisions both in respect to the hours of the day and to the division of foods is omnipresent. The Yin Yang concept is also one used in the Pakua nutritive system as well as the Five Elements and the Eight Changes.} 

    ^{The Pakua nutritive system is both simple and complicated allowing for a rigid following of dietary discipline or to be used as loose guidelines to healthier eating habits. Its principals are clear and easy to incorporate. An understanding of Pakua Nutrition does not necessitate a thorough understanding of Chinese philosophy or human anatomy. The full course in Pakua Nutrition can be studied by a layman and will also be of immense benefit to a health care professional.}